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# you can't have your cake and eat it too (''literally the getting of something does not come after its eating'')
# you can't have your cake and eat it too (''literally the getting of something does not come after its eating'')
#:''On ní kanel rédwítsí îpotsísin és avesk al vara és expektsí por al nírísatsjon ovatsjon-ins. '''Sé métsíàtsjon kelkžozak-ins ní swívra lot-ins minǰeskatsjon.'''''
#:''On ní kanel rédwítsí îpotsísin és avesk al vara és expektsí por al nírísatsjon ovatsjon-ins pysťo-ins. '''Sé métsíàtsjon kelkžozak-ins ní swívra lot-ins minǰeskatsjon.'''''
#:: ''You can't cut taxes and have a war and expect a reduction in the national debt. You can't have your cake and eat it too.''
#:: ''You can't cut taxes and have a war and expect a reduction in the national debt. You can't have your cake and eat it too.''



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Knašta

Alternative forms

On ní kanel métsí kelkžozak aprétsa lot-ins minǰeskatsjon (one can't get something after its eating)

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Knašta) IPA: /se met͡se̞.at͡sjon kɛlkʒozakɪns ni swivra lotɪns mɪnd͡ʒɛskat͡sjon/

Idiom

sé métsíàtsjon kelkžozak-ins ní swívra lot-ins minǰeskatsjon

  1. you can't have your cake and eat it too (literally the getting of something does not come after its eating)
    On ní kanel rédwítsí îpotsísin és avesk al vara és expektsí por al nírísatsjon ovatsjon-ins pysťo-ins. Sé métsíàtsjon kelkžozak-ins ní swívra lot-ins minǰeskatsjon.
    You can't cut taxes and have a war and expect a reduction in the national debt. You can't have your cake and eat it too.


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