"you can't have your cake and eat it too" is correct Archived Message
Posted by Sammich on October 25, 2023, 8:08:31, in reply to "Try using the phrase "you can't have your cake and eat it too"... which is wrong... and see if"
If you eat it, then you don't have it. The order of operations is immaterial to the spirit of the idiom. Obviously it's also correct the other way, but I've literally never heard anyone say it that way before.
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- suggestions needed - IlliniSax05 October 25, 2023, 7:19:20
- "for all intensive purposes"* - Blazer October 25, 2023, 17:00:46
- I expected alt to post about a lion’s share - Nobster October 25, 2023, 15:57:31
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- As you work!* - opey8 October 25, 2023, 8:38:02
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- “I could care less” - bbonb October 25, 2023, 8:31:35
- I would literally die if I had to do that. - ghost_of_clt October 25, 2023, 8:23:50
- you could work in a malapropism - memyselfandillini October 25, 2023, 8:04:14
- Say “anyways” - Chilango October 25, 2023, 8:00:14
- Use "Inconceivable" incorrectly. Lock* - timmer October 25, 2023, 7:38:23
- solid* - memyselfandillini October 25, 2023, 8:04:33
- Try using the phrase "you can't have your cake and eat it too"... which is wrong... and see if - Wotcher October 25, 2023, 7:28:12
- Talk about whatever topic, but slip in an "for all intensive purposes." - tvillini October 25, 2023, 7:25:01
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