have your cake and eat it

معنی

to get two advantages that are usually impossible to combine

دو مزیتی را که معمولاً با هم جمع نمی‌شوند با هم داشتن.

مثال‌ها

1. 1You can’t have your cake and eat it — if you want a dog, you’ll have less free time.
2. 2He wants a big salary and short hours; basically, he wants to have his cake and eat it.
3. 3The club wants lower fees and better facilities, but it can’t have its cake and eat it.
4. 4Can we really have our cake and eat it, saving money while going on three holidays a year?
5. 5Aisha wants to live by the sea and keep her job in the city — she can’t have her cake and eat it.

دستور زبان

معمولاً بعد از can’t یا want to می‌آید. your به my، their، its و مانند آن تبدیل می‌شود. در انگلیسی آمریکایی too به آخر آن اضافه می‌شود.

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