have one's cake and eat it too

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To benefit by having two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use). idiomatic
    — It's not possible to get your savings and keep the piggy bank intact. You can't have your cake and eat it too!

词形变化

has one's cake and eats it too present,singular,third-person having one's cake and eating it too participle,present had one's cake and ate it too past had one's cake and eaten it too participle,past eat one's cake and have it too alternative
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