Cake and Eat it too

“I want my cake and eat it too/also”.

Cake is perishable, so if you have your cake, rejoice. Eat your cake, leaves nothing.

If, it isn’t gone already? Should someone else find it!

While the fantasy sounds good, it is fleeting.

But if you come close, remember; “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you!”.

Cake and Eat it too

When a person mistakenly wishes and uses this to get both or all of what they want. When used negatively to express the impossibility is better usage.

by The Baker (Rolling in Dough) January 14, 2009

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

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

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

"you can't have your cake and eat it too"

You can't keep your old love while trying out a new one.

"you can't have your cake and eat it too" trying to hold onto something - an uncut cake - while enjoying eating it.

by labkat January 12, 2009

I want to have my cake and eat it too.

When you have exactly what you want in terms of a relationship with one person. Yet you find yourself wanting that little extra something from another.

Just like wanting to be with two people.

Tiger Woods response to the media after they found out about all of his affairs, "To the public I'm sorry, but you know I, just like most men, I want to have my cake and eat it too."

by The Cake. July 20, 2011

You can’t have your cake and eat it too

You can’t have it both ways, you can’t have your neccesity and your desire. Needs & wants.

Kevin has a wife but still wants to have relations with his friend Samantha...

You can’t have your cake and eat it too.

by lachichu April 16, 2019