What's the meaning of the phrase 'You can't have your cake and eat it'?. You can't have two desirable but contradictory options – you have to choose.

May 14, 2003 · "You can't have your cake and eat it too -- One can't use something up and still have it to enjoy. This proverb was recorded in the book of proverbs by John ...

Have your cake and eat it too - the meaning and origin of this phrase.

Oct 27, 2003 · As you rightly said, it means you can either have [keep] something or consume it, but not both. Over time, many well-known expressions develop " ...

Have your cake and eat it too. Posted by Ed on January 08, 2010 at 12:08. Does anyone know the origin of "You want to have your cake and eat it too"?

You can't have your cake and eat it too - the meaning and origin of this phrase.

Oct 1, 1999 · "You can't have your cake and eat it too -- One can't use something up and still have it to enjoy. This proverb was recorded in the book of proverbs by John ...

any guy who is addicted to noodle juice parties, one who nibbles at cakes at such parties. One who wears his mop up his sleeve, opposite to a he-man. A sissy." ...

Jan 18, 2001 · "You can't have your cake and eat it too -- One can't use something up and still have it to enjoy. This proverb was recorded in the book of ...

The usual interpretation of the phrase is that Marie-Antoinette understood little about the plight of the poor and cared even less.