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You will not get what you want without giving something in return.
Meaning: To spend or used something up but still have it; to have two things when you must choose one.
Example: You can either go to a movie or get Pizza, but you can't have your cake and eat it too.
Origin: This saying started sometime in the 1540's. Once you've eaten a piece of cake, you don't have it anymore. So you have to a make a decision to eat it or save it. In the same way, money that you've spent is money that you no longer have in your pocket. You have to choose what to do with what you have. The original version of this expression is"you can't eat your cake and have it too."
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoThis saying never made sense to me. After all, what is the point of having a cake if you can't eat it? I think it may be a sarcastic way of saying you can have something you want, exactly the way you want it.
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∙ 11y agoThe correct expression is: "You can't eat your cake and have it too". Think about it, America ... the only way you can eat your cake is if and when you have it! Once you have already eaten your cake, you can't have it any longer. Hence, you can't eat your cake and still have it! Please stop butchering the English language. Stop making mainstream what the lower classes ignorantly misstate.
I realize this is a long road, but I'm on a mission to make Americans say things the right way and not merely capitulate to ignorant folk saying things the wrong way!
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∙ 9y agoThis expression means you can have everything you want without any recourses. It can also mean you get away with something and no one will find out.
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∙ 12y agobecause you have to buy it
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You can't eat your cake and have it?
you mean 'you cant have your cake and eat it' suggests that you cant have the best of both worlds or, you cant have it both ways
What does the saying you cant have your kayak and heat it too mean?
i think you got the saying wrong. It is the punch line of a joke. A play on words for the phrase "You can't have your cake and eat it".
What does the text phrase zzz mean?
i'm guessing its sleeping but you cant do anything about it
You cannot eat your cake and have your cake?
The correct phrase here is that "you cannot have your cake and eat it, too".
What does the phrase you have a full plate mean?
The phrase a full plate means that you cant digest more food you are very much full. You have enough food
Is the phrase piece of cake a idiom?
yes
How do you make a cake in Doodle God?
you cant
What does the phrase the cake was a lie mean?
Because people are motivated by rewards. If you want someone to do something there needs to be an incentive.Another answer:"The cake is a lie" is a phrase from the video game "Portal" available for PC, X-Box, PS3, etc. Through the process of the game, a computerized female voice tries to persuade the player to give up, promising the reward of a cake. Of course, the cake is a lie.The Enrichment Center is pleased to present an amusing fact:"The cake is a lie" is an actual phrase, meaning "what is promised to you is merely a false motivator." Portal only popularized this already existing metaphore.
How do you make strawberry cake with no strawberries?
oyu cant thats why it's called STRAWBERRY cake
What is 'nice cake' when translated from English to Italian?
Buona torta is a literal Italian equivalent of the English phrase "nice cake." The feminine singular adjective and noun literally mean "good cake." Regardless of meaning or use, the pronunciation will be "BWO-NA TORT-ta" in Italian.
What part of speech is what part of speech is cake?
The phrase "what part of speech is cake" is a question.
Can you Substitute cream cheese for margarine in cake recipe?
no you cant
