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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 cake slogans are there?
Have your cake and eat it too.
What does you can't have it both ways mean?
It means "you can't have your cake and eat it too." In other words, once you cut the cake to eat it, you can no longer admire it as a beautiful whole. But since part of the whole purpose is to make something to eat rather than admire, we cut cakes and eat them. You cannot be eating the cake and be admiring the whole at the same time. You can't have it both ways, by definition
What does you can't have your cake and eat it too?
The expression, 'You can't have your cake and eat it too.' means that if you want to eat your cake, you will no longer have it. It's usually used to admonish someone who is fretting because they can't have everything they want.
Can you have a cake?
yes, but you can't eat it too.
If you have half of the chocolate cake and then eat it how much chocolate cake do you have left?
If you have half of something and you eat that half you have none; don't forget, "You can't have your cake and eat it too."
Is this a saying you cant have cake if you have a ear ache?
You were probably referring to the saying "you can't have cake and eat it too" meaning one cannot have more than one deserves or can handle at one time.
Is this correct 'You can't eat your cake and have it too'?
It means you must make a choice, even if it is difficult. Say you've been served a piece of your favorite food. You can keep it, stare at it, put it in the freezer, whatever--or you can eat it. But once you've eaten it, you can't keep it anymore--it's gone. But if you keep it, you can't eat it. Assuming she's not talking about actual food, she's asking you to give up something. For example, I can't have an exclusive relationship with my wife and date someone on the weekends.
Have cake and eat it?
Eat it too-meaning have it all. It's an expression.
How do you get your sixpack back?
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
You gave up bread for Lent does that mean no cake too?
No. You can have cake.
Why would someone have cake if they cant eat it too?
So that they can eat it later.
