and can you really have your cake and eat it too? why cake? pie is good. and so are cookies. and ice cream. yeah...
2007-03-23 15:27:05 · 23 answers · asked by cupcaek. 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
The expression is, you cant eat your cake and have it too. If you think about it, you can have it and eat it, but you cant eat it and have it too.
The word cake is just sort of an example. It could be pie or whatever you want it to be. It just means you cant have things both ways. Say you have a boyfriend/girlfriend, then you find another you like just as well. You have a choice to make, in all reality, you cant have both, you have to choose one, so hence, you cant eat your cake and have it too.
2007-03-23 15:41:49 · answer #1 · answered by Cheryl C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cake doesn't mean cake obviously it's just the dessert of choice for the saying, but it means that you have to choose sometimes, and once you make your choice you can't go back and have it the other way. like it or not, life is about choices (i learned that from a good friend not too long ago, he was right too)
2007-03-23 15:34:42 · answer #2 · answered by lilian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think "have your cake and eat it too" (or whatever food you prefer) means that you can't get everything you want. Like if you want to buy something, but don't want to pay for it. You can't keep your money and buy that item. You can't do both at the same time so you have to settle for one over the other.
2007-03-23 15:34:36 · answer #3 · answered by Kaitlyn K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you live in Edina Minnesota you are a "Cake Eater" why? Because they are wealthy and known in the area as "Having their cake AND eating it too" LOL (no offense Edina, I love the shops on 50th! Fab!
2007-03-30 03:21:03 · answer #4 · answered by M. W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeh i know the meaning of this metaphor, but if you cant have your cake and it eat too then whats the point of having cake.
2007-03-29 07:41:10 · answer #5 · answered by Megan Z 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
meaning that if you eat your cake you won’t have it any more. People get confused because we use the expression “have some cake” to mean “eat some cake,” and they therefore misunderstand what “have” means in this expression.
2007-03-23 15:30:59 · answer #6 · answered by Thrills 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It simply means you cannot have a thing both ways,some thing has got to 'give' .Of course you can use any food you feel like & then it will be yout own 'saying' & no one will have a clue what you are speaking about,is that ok with you?
2007-03-23 15:38:46 · answer #7 · answered by dee k 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The more you think about it the sillier it sounds really. Is it just another way of saying 'you can have the best of both worlds' and not refer to food at all?
2007-03-23 15:31:13 · answer #8 · answered by Blonde & Sharp 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it just means that you can't have something both ways.
you can't have a piece of cake and still have the whole cake.
weird, but true.
have a nice day.
and i like ice cream too!
2007-03-23 15:29:49 · answer #9 · answered by sharrron 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sweetie - it's not about cake ... or any bakery products. It's a metaphor. Look the word up for your homework today ...
Ciao
2007-03-23 15:31:20 · answer #10 · answered by hoho 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋