eat one's cake and have it too
преследовать две взаимно исключающие цели, пытаться совместить несовместимое
"If you try to eat your cake and have it too, you will never gain anything in life."
Другие идиомы:
- eat one's words
- grab a bite to eat
- so clean you can eat off the floor
- take the cake
- slice of the cake/pie
- eat out
- eat humble pie
- eat (someone) for breakfast
- eat and run
- have one's cake and eat it too
- eat like a bird
- as nutty as a fruitcake
- eat away at (something)
- eat (someone) out of house and home
- eat out of (someone's) hands