7-bit ASCII codeYou cannot have your cake and eat it Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
a bit at sea
a bit off/a bit mental
a bitch
a bite to eat
a bitter pill
a clutch hitter (baseball)
a golden opportunity
a hit
a little bird told me
a little 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, haveYou 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
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