WANT TO HAVE ONE'S CAKE AND EAT IT

Meaning of WANT TO HAVE ONE'S CAKE AND EAT IT in English

want to have all benefits, is not willing to take the good with the bad

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WANT — I. ˈwänt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English wont, wonte, from Old English wand, wond; probably akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAVE — I. (|)hav, (|)hev; as an auxiliary “ or _(h)əv or after a vowel v; before “to” usually |haf or |hef …
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EAT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAKE — I. ˈkāk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old English cœcil small cake, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WANT — (v. t.) To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want …
Английский словарь Webster
WANT — ( v. t. ) To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WANT — — wanter , n. — wantless , adj. — wantlessness , n. /wont, wawnt/ , v.t. 1. to feel a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
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HAVE — /hav/ ; unstressed /heuhv, euhv/ ; for 26 usually /haf/ , v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. have …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EAT
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAKE — — caky, cakey , adj. /kayk/ , n. , v. , caked, caking . n. 1. a sweet, baked, breadlike …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WANT — I. ˈwȯnt also ˈwänt & ˈwənt verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse vanta; akin to Old English wan deficient …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
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CAKE — I. ˈkāk noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old High German kuocho cake Date: 13th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WANT — vi to be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack. 2. want ·vi a depression in coal …
Webster English vocab
EAT — of eat. 2. eat ·vi to make one's way slowly. 3. eat ·vi to taste or relish; as, it eats …
Webster English vocab
CAKE — vi to cackle as a goose. 2. cake ·vi to form into a cake, or mass. 3. cake ·noun a …
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EAT — [eat] vb ate ; eat.en ; eat.ing [ME eten, fr. OE etan; akin to OHG ezzan to eat, L edere, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CAKE — in general, any of a variety of breads, shortened or unshortened, usually shaped by the tin in which it is …
Britannica English vocabulary
WANT — / wɒnt; NAmE wɑːnt; wɔːnt/ verb , noun ■ verb (not usually used in the progressive tenses) WISH 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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EAT — / iːt; NAmE / verb ( ate / et; NAmE ; especially NAmE eɪt/, eaten / ˈiːtn; NAmE /) 1. …
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CAKE — / keɪk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a sweet food made from …
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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EAT — eat S1 W1 /iːt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense ate /et, eɪt $ eɪt/, past participle eaten /ˈiːtn/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAKE — I. cake 1 S2 W3 /keɪk/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: kaka ] …
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WANT — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a (often foll. by to + infin.) desire; wish for possession of; need (wants …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EAT — v. (past ate; past part. eaten) 1 a tr. take into the mouth, chew, and swallow (food). b intr. consume …
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CAKE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a mixture of flour, butter, eggs, sugar, etc., baked in the oven. b a …
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WANT — v. & n. v. 1 tr. a (often foll. by to + infin.) desire; wish for possession of; need (wants …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EAT — v. (past ate; past part. eaten) 1 a tr. take into the mouth, chew, and swallow (food). b intr. consume …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAKE — n. & v. n. 1 a a mixture of flour, butter, eggs, sugar, etc., baked in the oven. b a …
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WANT — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. a (often foll. by to + infin.) desire; wish for possession of; need (wants …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
EAT — v. (past ate; past part. eaten) 1. a tr. take into the mouth, chew, and swallow (food). b intr. consume …
Oxford English vocab
CAKE — n. & v. --n. 1. a a mixture of flour, butter, eggs, sugar, etc., baked in the oven. b a …
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ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
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CAKE — ( cakes) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A cake is a …
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WANT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES as long as...want ▪ You can stay for as long as you want . …
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CAKE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a birthday cake ▪ She had a birthday cake with 21 silver candles on …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WANT — (DESIRE) [verb] - to desire (a particular thing or plan of action). Want is not used in polite requests in …
Cambridge English vocab
EAT — Synonyms and related words : ablate, absorb, assimilate, bite, bleed white, break bread, burn up, canker, consume, corrode, count calories, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAKE — Synonyms and related words : Boston cream pie, angel cake, angel food cake, baked Alaska, bar, block, body, bun, candy, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EAT — v. Function: verb 1 to take in as food FF1C; they quickly ate a light breakfast FF1E; Synonyms: consume, devour, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
EAT — verb 1. to take in as food they quickly ate a light breakfast Synonyms: consume, devour, feed (on), ingest, meal, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
EAT — verb ADVERB ▪ well ▪ We ate very well most of the time (= had lots of nice food) . …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CAKE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ home-made ▪ moist , rich , sticky ( esp. BrE ) ▪ a rich, moist fruit …
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