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:
- grab a bite to eat
- eat (someone) out of house and home
- make (someone) eat crow
- eat and run
- eat (something) up
- eat crow
- as nutty as a fruitcake
- eat (someone) for breakfast
- eat away at (something)
- take the cake
- eat like a bird
- have one's cake and eat it too
- eat one's heart out
- eat like a horse
- slice of the cake/pie