"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
Kevin has a wife but still wants to have relations with his friend Samantha...
You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
by lachichu April 17, 2019
John: So Tom did u get that English class you wanted?
Tom: Yea man. I love it. However the teacher is a total bitch!
John: Yea, well you can't have your cake and eat it too.
Tom: Yea man. I love it. However the teacher is a total bitch!
John: Yea, well you can't have your cake and eat it too.
by sergio0691 November 8, 2006
An expression basically meaning that you can only have it so good, and you can't have it all.
An good example is if a situation is bittersweet.
An good example is if a situation is bittersweet.
Sara was sad that the guy whom had gotten very close to her in the past 3 years which she held a secret fondness for developed an interest in her best friend, Clare. In conversation with Clare, Sara explained the situation, to which Clare responded.
"You can't have your cake and eat it too."
"You can't have your cake and eat it too."
by ThatOneHuman December 4, 2005
you cant enjoy what is yours. you can work or you can enjoy.
example:
you work really hard and finish a report, someone else takes credit.
or
you have a gorgeous girlfriend whom only others enjoy in bed.
example:
you work really hard and finish a report, someone else takes credit.
or
you have a gorgeous girlfriend whom only others enjoy in bed.
you enjoy fishing and eating fish, you catch a fish, but your wife eats it.
she says "You can't have your cake and eat it too"
she says "You can't have your cake and eat it too"
by geneva rain August 11, 2006
Lauren said, "Your duff be caking Abby! Have you been doing your butt flexes? They are really paying off!!!"
by Henry The Man With The Plan April 4, 2013
by Adicele.q September 5, 2015