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you can't have your cake and eat it too

This phrase is easier to understand if it is read as "You can't eat your cake, and have it too". Obviously once you've eaten your cake, you won't have it any more. Used for expressing the impossibility of having something both ways, if those two ways conflict.
He works so hard to pay for that fancy house of his that he never has any time to stay home and enjoy it.

Yeah, you can't have your cake and eat it too.
by bmiles October 1, 2006
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The catch phrase used by every single villain in a Scooby Doo episode.
Some Scooby Doo cast member pulls off the mask of the monster and some random person that appeared in the episode's face is revealed. He then shouts, "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids"
by Exor January 15, 2004
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have her cake and eat it too

Once eaten, you no longer have it. Like having money and spending it all. Also, in marriage, security vs. freedom - if one cheats, they lose their security of keeping their mate.
She's married to Bob but seeing Bill. She can't have her cake and eat it too.
by Viola F. Blanton May 28, 2006
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The catchphrase that the villians of the television show "Scooby Doo" would utter after being apprehended and unmasked.
"That's right, it was I who committed the quadruple homicide and armed robbery. And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids!"
by Jinkies September 11, 2006
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Have your cake and eat it too

When someone wants all of the benefits of a relationship without the commitment. Typically used when seeking sexual favors
Billy has been trying to get with Sally for the past few months, but she won’t sleep with him unless they’re in a relationship. She told him, “ you can’t have your cake and eat it too
by Brownedbanana May 7, 2020
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Seriously? The entire phrase has a literal meaning of its own and you just searched if it exists in the Urban Dictionary? NO WAY!

Just kidding:
The meaning is literal. Further, this phrase is commonly used when a video shows something that you TOTALLY didn't expect from the subject within that video.
*A TikTok video with a text saying "showing my gay flat mate my boobs for the first time" with the girl actually showing her boobs to him*

One person in the comments section:
"I am very uncomfortable with the energy we have created in the studio today."
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i have a basketball game tomorrow

My names Trey, and I have a basketball game tomorrow
by Raegankd October 25, 2017
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