You cannot have your cake and eat it Idiom, Proverb

a bit at sea

a bit unsure, uncertain He seems a bit at sea since his brother died. They were close.

a bit off/a bit mental

not rational, unbalanced, one brick short Kate talks to the birds. Do you think she's a bit off?

a bitch

a complaining woman, a woman who nags What a bitch! She complains to us and criticizes her kids.

a bite to eat

a lunch, a snack We can grab a bite to eat at the arena. They sell snacks there.

a bitter pill

a negative event, a loss, a painful experience Divorce is a bitter pill for her. She believed in her marriage.

a clutch hitter (baseball)

a batter who hits when runners are on base Joe's a clutch hitter. He's batting .431 with runners on base.

a golden opportunity

a good chance to succeed, a good investment The Royal Hotel is for sale. What a golden opportunity!

a hit

a drug dose, drugs from a needle When she's depressed, she'll do anything for a hit.

a little bird told me

someone told me, one of your friends told me """How did you know that I play chess?"" ""Oh, a little bird told me."""

a little hair off the dog

(See hair off the dog)

you can't accept your block and eat it(, too)

proverb You cannot accept or do two things that are both adorable but commonly adverse or absurd to accept or do simultaneously. Because "have" can additionally beggarly "eat," this announcement may assume redundant. However, it is based on the acceptation of "have" as "to possess," i.e., to advance control of one's block while still bistro it, an accessible impossibility. You're never activity to save abundant money to buy a abode if you accumulate affairs big-ticket applesauce you don't need. You can't accept your block and eat it, too. The bang-up wants to be everyone's acquaintance in the appointment while still accepting their account and compliance, but you can't accept your block and eat it.Learn more: and, cake, eat, have

You cannot accept your block and eat it (too).

Prov. You cannot adore two adorable things at the aforementioned time. Jill: There's an accommodation beyond the artery from me, abundant bigger and prettier than mine, and it alike costs less. I'd absolutely like to hire it—but I don't appetite to go to the agitation of moving. Jane: You can't accept your block and eat it too. Fred: I appetite to lose weight, but I'm not accommodating to change the way I eat. Alan: You can't accept your block and eat it.Learn more: and, cake, cannot, eat, have

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a keeper a kept woman a lady-killer a leg up a level playing field a lick and a promise a lift a little bird told me a little hair off the dog a little off a little steep a long shot a loose cannon a losing streak a lost cause a lot of bunk a lot of falderal You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar you can catch more flies with honey than you can with vinegar you can dish it out, but you can't take it you can dispense with (something) you can have too much of a good thing you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink you can like it or lump it you can never tell with (someone or something) you can run, but you can't hide you can say that again You can say that again! you can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink you can take/lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink you can talk you can/can't talk You can’t dance at two weddings You can’t fight city hall You can’t get there from here You can’t take it with you You can’t win ’em all You can’t win them all You cannot get a quart into a pint pot You cannot get blood from a stone You cannot have your cake and eat it You cannot lose what you never had you cannot make a crab walk straight You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs You cannot make bricks without straw You cannot please everyone You cannot put new wine in old bottles you cannot put the same shoe on every foot You cannot serve God and mammon You cannot teach an old dog new tricks you can't always get what you want you can't be a little bit pregnant you can't be half pregnant you can't be too careful you can't beat (something) you can't bluff a bluffer you can't dance at two weddings (with one behind) you can't dance at two weddings at once you can't dance at two weddings at the same time you can't eat your cake and have it (too) you can't expect (one) to believe (something) You can't expect me to believe that you can't fight City Hall you can't get a quart into a pint pot you can't get blood from a stone