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Want Your Cake And Eat It. "You Can Have Your Cake And Eat It Too Cake Birthday Party" Poster for Sale by IkhouMiloud You can't have your cake and eat it (too) is a popular English idiomatic proverb or figure of speech Is it correct to say "have your cake and eat it" or "eat your cake and have it?" This is a common debate among scholars in regard to this proverb

You cannot ignore your studies the whole year and then hope to get a good grade." He liked spending Saturdays with his friends, so what would he do?

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But as Davies' use of quotation marks around the proverb implies, clearly 'cannot eat your cake and have it' was already received wisdom by 1611 You are not ready to work extra but are expecting a pay hike It made more sense in its early formulations, when the positions of have and eat had not been reversed

Top 10 English sayings Nuts. She's torn between pursuing a high-paying job in the city and living a peaceful life in the countryside Example: Josh was offered a promotion at his job, but if he accepts it, he would have to work on Saturdays

Yes, you can have your cake and eat it too Love What You Eat. What does have your cake and eat it expression mean? [1] The proverb literally means "you cannot simultaneously retain possession of a cake and eat it, too"