What do they mean when they say "you can't have your cake and eat it too?

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Wat do they mean when thay say"u cant hav your cake n eat it too"?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_one%27… To wish to have one's cake and eat it too or simply...

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Wat do they mean when thay say"u cant hav your cake n eat it too"?

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Once you eat the caike you don't posess it any more because it is gone. This expression mean that you...

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Wat do they mean when thay say"u cant hav your cake n eat it too"?

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You cannot have things two ways if both ways are not compatible with each other. For example - you cannot...

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Why do people say things like 'He whats to have his cake and eat it to' whats the point of having 'cake' if you cant eat it ?

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Its just a saying meaning that he wants everything his way even if its not the right way.

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So, Im changing today after volleyball and this girl asks me if I eat cheese cake. I say no, Why? She says because of my arms.. Basically saying that i must eat cheese cake because my arms are a little big. Is that Rude? I mean i laughed about it...

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Yes, I would consider that rude- and mean! Even my good friends don't talk to me that way. I would reply...

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What does that statement u "cant have ur cake and eat it too"mean?"?

I mean....what am i supposed to do...eat somebody's elses cake?

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I think it means that you have to make sacrifices to obtain what you want. That things in life are not...

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What do people mean when they say: You can't have your cake and eat it too?

What do they mean by that? What are they trying to say with that phrase? Please explain it to me

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"You can't have your cake and eat it, too" is a saying that describes the dilemma faced when...

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when A guy with a girlfriend say he loves you do he mean it? or is he just trying to have his cake and eat it too?

my guy friends is really sweet to me I tell him everything and we were getting real close...then all of a sudden he get a girlfriend and tell me Im too young for him right now but hes still very sweet to me and he still somtimes tell me he loves me but...

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Love lost it's meaning in this kind of wayward boy/girl friendship,dating etc.He or you are truely emotional...

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What do people mean when they say "men want their cake and eat it too"?

I know some women think the same way but what does that mean i hear it all the time?

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They want a wife and still be able to cheat and sleep around too.

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What does it mean when you cant have your cake and eat it too

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"You can't have your cake and it it to" is an expression that means you can't have something...

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