you can't eat your cake and have it
- you can't eat your cake and have it
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‘The feller has left you, has he?’ the baronet said, beginning, as he fancied, to comprehend. ‘Well, Becky, come back if you like. You can't eat your cake and have it. Anyways, I made you a fair offer. Come back as governess - you shall have it all your own way.’ (W. Thackeray, ‘Vanity Fair’, ch. XV) — - Значит, молодчик вас бросил, так, что ли? - сказал баронет, начиная, как он воображал, понимать. - Ладно, Бекки! Возвращайтесь, если хотите. Что с возу упало, то пропало. Во всяком случае, я сделал вам предложение по всем правилам. Возвращайтесь ко мне гувернанткой, все равно все будет по-вашему.
‘No one can eat their cake and have it,’ she continued, ‘...and one has to take the rough with the smooth, but as I always say to the children you can't expect to have everything your own way.’ (W. S. Maugham, ‘On a Chinese Screen’, ch. XXXIX) — - Один пирог два раза не съешь, - продолжала она. - ...Приходится мириться с превратностями судьбы. Я всегда говорю детям: нельзя ожидать, чтобы все было так, как им хочется.
You say this Mullins woman is too young and inexperienced to corrupt Cy. Well then, she's too young and inexperienced to teach him, too, one or t' other, you can't have your cake and eat it! (S. Lewis, ‘Main Street’, ch. XXXII) — Вы говорите, Маллинз очень молода и неопытна и не может испортить Сая. Пусть так - молода и неопытна. Значит, не может и учить его. Одно исключает другое.
Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа»..
2006.
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eat one's cake and have it too — {v. phr.} To use or spend something and still keep it; have both when you must choose one of two things. Often used in negative sentences. * /Roger can t make up his mind whether to go to college or get a job. You can t eat your cake and have it… … Dictionary of American idioms
eat one's cake and have it too — {v. phr.} To use or spend something and still keep it; have both when you must choose one of two things. Often used in negative sentences. * /Roger can t make up his mind whether to go to college or get a job. You can t eat your cake and have it… … Dictionary of American idioms
eat\ one's\ cake\ and\ have\ it\ too — v. phr. To use or spend something and still keep it; have both when you must choose one of two things. Often used in negative sentences. Roger can t make up his mind whether to go to college or get a job. You can t eat your cake and have it too.… … Словарь американских идиом
have one's cake and eat it too — {v. phr.} To enjoy two opposite advantages. * /You can either spend your money going to Europe or save it for a down payment on a house, but you can t do both. That would be having your cake and eating it, too./ … Dictionary of American idioms
have one's cake and eat it too — {v. phr.} To enjoy two opposite advantages. * /You can either spend your money going to Europe or save it for a down payment on a house, but you can t do both. That would be having your cake and eating it, too./ … Dictionary of American idioms
Have one's cake and eat it too — To wish to have one s cake and eat it too or simply have one s cake and eat it (sometimes eat one s cake and have it too) is to want more than one can handle or deserve, or to try to have two incompatible things. This is a popular English… … Wikipedia
have (your) cake and eat it (too) — to have or do two good things that it is usually impossible to have or do at the same time. He wants to have his cake and eat it. He wants the security of marriage and the excitement of affairs. You can t have your cake and eat it. If you want… … New idioms dictionary
you can't have your cake and eat it — This idiom means that you can t have things both ways. For example, you can t have very low taxes and a high standard of state care … The small dictionary of idiomes
you can't have your cake and eat it — ► you can t have your cake and eat it (too) proverb you can t enjoy both of two desirable but mutually exclusive alternatives. Main Entry: ↑cake … English terms dictionary
you can't have your cake and eat it too — ► you can t have your cake and eat it (too) proverb you can t enjoy both of two desirable but mutually exclusive alternatives. Main Entry: ↑cake … English terms dictionary
have your cake and eat it, too — have something after you have eaten or spent it, have it both ways You want to spend your money and still have it. You can t have your cake and eat it, too! … English idioms
