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have one's cake and eat it too

To seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).
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It's not possible to get your savings and keep the piggy bank intact. You can't have your cake and eat it too!

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Submitted on July 07, 2010

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tener el pastel de uno y comérselo también

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