Wait, what?!
What does this phrase mean, exactly?
If you have a slice of cake, isn't the whole purpose of having it ...is to eat it?
I think, I'm lost. (lol)
2007-05-24 07:51:00 · 7 answers · asked by Yo Dawg 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Oh, i know what it means... haha... i just wondered where exactly, or why was it said that way.
But now i see this whole time it was just said the other way around.. it's supposed to be "you can't eat your cake and have it too"
2007-05-24 08:03:29 · update #1
You are correct. The way it is supposed to be said is" you can't eat your cake and have it too". If you eat your cake you no longer have it.
I always thought it way funny when people said " I could care less". Really? I couldn't care less.
2007-05-24 07:56:13 · answer #1 · answered by duker918 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I can too! I can bake two cakes - one for show and one to eat! As you know, some folks make a major production out of cake decorating - so much so that it's a fabulous work of art. But if cake is to be treated as cake was meant to be treated, you're going to have to destroy that work of art in order to serve it. So which do you want: a pretty cake to look at or a tasty one to eat?
2007-05-24 16:57:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Meaning basically, that you can't have your way all the time. Like you couldn't, well SHOULDN'T have a husband and three boyfriends to sleep with on the side. Like you have the cake, but eating it would be gluttony! Self control sister! And also appreciating and valueing what you have.
2007-05-24 14:57:39 · answer #3 · answered by rastarainbow77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman:
"You can't have your cake and eat it too -- One can't use something up and still have it to enjoy. This proverb was recorded in the book of proverbs by John Heywood in 1546, and is first attested in the United States in the 1742 'Colonial Records of Georgia' in 'Original Papers, 1735-1752.' The adage is found in varying forms: You can't eat your cake and have it too. You can't have everything and eat it too; Eat your cake and have the crumbs in bed with you, etc. ..."
2007-05-24 15:03:31 · answer #4 · answered by Cheffy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my book, that means a guy can't be married and still dating other women all at the sametime.
2007-05-24 15:02:03 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it another way of saying "you can't have it both ways". get it?
2007-05-24 14:59:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you eat it, you won't have it anymore.
2007-05-24 14:55:11 · answer #7 · answered by Mizz SJG 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋