because OBVIOUSLY you can't eat a cake without taking it first.
rather obvious isn't it?
2007-10-26 03:35:08 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
The expression I've heard is "you can't have your cake and eat it, too". Meaning, if you eat the cake, you no longer have it, but if you want to continuously have the cake, then you can't eat it. In other words, you can't always get everything you want.
2007-10-26 03:38:26 · answer #1 · answered by theflynnmom 4 · 9⤊ 0⤋
The phrase is actually "you can't have your cake and eat it, too."
What the phrase means is that you can either "have" cake, as in possess it, or you can eat it, which means you don't "have" it anymore, but you can't do both. It's a metaphor for saying that you can't be a hypocrite and enjoy two different sides of something.
2007-10-26 03:39:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's "you can't HAVE your cake and eat it too." It means that you can't have something both ways. An example would be if a person is married, but they still want to fool around and cheat. You can't do that. You can't have your cake and eat it too.... you can't have it both ways.
2007-10-26 03:46:44 · answer #3 · answered by Teresa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the expression is " you can't have your cake and eat it too." You can't have something after you've eaten it, you can either have it to look at so pretty, or you can eat it, but you can't do both. Usually people use it in the context of meaning you can't have everything you want.
2007-10-26 03:39:44 · answer #4 · answered by em T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The saying is: you can't have your cake & eat it too, and yes, the meaning is obvious - you can't use something up (or spend it) and still have it.
2007-10-26 03:38:44 · answer #5 · answered by Kim 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The saying is
'You can't HAVE your cake and eat it'
2007-10-26 10:40:42 · answer #6 · answered by Sally Anne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The saying is, I believe, " you can't have your cake and eat it too...." and it perplexed me as well. But then I figured it out....In order to have a cake, you cannot eat it, as then you don't possess it anymore.
2007-10-26 03:39:06 · answer #7 · answered by Kim K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's "you can't HAVE your cake and Eat it too".
2007-10-26 03:39:36 · answer #8 · answered by *coral* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a phrase to visualize the idea of having it both ways. That is, having something while consuming it at the same time.
2007-10-26 03:38:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In simple terms you have 5 pounds spend 2 so you cant spend five. you can't have the best of both worlds
2007-10-26 03:38:48 · answer #10 · answered by surman1972 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋