English Explanatory Dictionary

have one's cake and eat it too

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To benefit by having two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).

Pronunciation

en-au-have one's cake and eat it too.ogg

Word forms

have one's cake and eat it too has one's cake and eats it too having one's cake and eating it too had one's cake and ate it too had one's cake and eaten it too eat one's cake and have it too

Related words

best of both worlds butter one's bread on both sides cakeism have it both ways run with the hare and hunt with the hounds suck and blow
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