en have one's cake and eat it too

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

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Related terms

  • sh imati i jare i pare (v) ➜
  • sh imati i ovce i novce (v) ➜
  • da man kan ikke både blæse og have mel i munden ➜
  • en butter one's bread on both sides ➜
  • en cake (n) ➜
  • en cakeism (n) ➜
  • en best of both worlds ➜
  • en butter one's bread on both sides ➜
  • en cakeism ➜
  • en have it both ways ➜
  • en incompatible ➜
  • en judge jury and executioner ➜
  • en mutually ➜
  • en run with hare and hunt with hounds ➜
  • en suck and blow ➜
  • en judge jury and executioner ➜
  • en run with hare and hunt with hounds ➜
  • en you can't run with hare and hunt with hounds ➜
  • es querer el oro y el moro (v) ➜
  • nl van twee walletjes eten (v) ➜
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Synonyms

  • sh imati i jare i pare ➜
  • sh imati i ovce i novce ➜
  • en have it both ways (v) ➜
  • cy cadw torth a i bwyta hi ➜
  • da man kan ikke både blæse og have mel i munden ➜
  • de gleichzeitig auf zwei hochzeiten tanzen ➜
  • el θελω και την πιτα ολοκληρη και τον σκυλο χορτατο ➜
  • es estar a la vez en la procesión y repicando las campanas ➜
  • es estar en misa y repicando ➜
  • es nadar y tener la ropa ➜
  • es querer el oro y el moro ➜
  • es soplar y sorber no puede ser ➜
  • fa هم خدا را خواستن و هم خرما را ➜
  • fa هم خرو خواستن هم خرما ➜
  • fi kakku ➜
  • fi kakkuja ei voi sekä syödä että säästää ➜
  • fr avoir le beurre et l argent du beurre ➜
  • ga é a bheith i do phota agus i do mhála agat ➜
  • gsw de füfer u's weggli ha ➜
  • hu azt akarja hogy a kecske is jóllakjon és a káposzta is megmaradjon ➜
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Word forms

  • en eat one's cake and have it too (v) ➜
  • en have one's cake and eat it (v) ➜

Derived from

  • en cake (n) ➜

Links to other resources

  • en.wiktionary.org have one's cake and eat it too
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