2018年9月21日 星期五

rinse, offered to have her cake or eat it. You can't have your cake and eat it


The Prime Minister offered to have her cake or eat it


Rinse the dishes after you wash them. (Britain, slang) To thoroughly defeat in an argument, fight or other competition.

rinse - Wiktionary

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rinse


You can't have your cake and eat it - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_can%27t_have_your_cake_and_eat_it
The proverb literally means "you cannot simultaneously retain your cake and eat it". Once the cake is eaten, it is gone. It can be used to say that one cannot or should not have or want more than one deserves or is reasonable, or that one cannot or should not try to have two incompatible things.

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