HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO

Meaning of HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO in English

➡ have your cake and eat it

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT, TOO — have something after you have eaten or spent it, have it both ways You want to spend your money and …
English Idioms vocab
HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT, TOO — have something after you have eaten or spent it, have it both ways You want to spend your money and …
English Idioms vocabulary
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YOUR — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower (used as gen. of gē you); akin to Old High German iuwēr …
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 …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EAT
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CAKE — I. ˈkāk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old English cœcil small cake, …
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TOO — (|)tü adverb Etymology: Middle English to, too, from Old English tō to, too — more at to 1. : in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOO — (adv.) Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too wide; too …
Английский словарь Webster
TOO — ( adv. ) Over; more than enough; -- noting excess; as, a thing is too long, too short, or too …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
YOUR — /yoor, yawr, yohr/ ; unstressed /yeuhr/ , pron. 1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOO — /tooh/ , adv. 1. in addition; also; furthermore; moreover: young, clever, and rich too. 2. to an excessive extent or …
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HAVE — /hav/ ; unstressed /heuhv, euhv/ ; for 26 usually /haf/ , v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. have …
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EAT
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CAKE — — caky, cakey , adj. /kayk/ , n. , v. , caked, caking . n. 1. a sweet, baked, breadlike …
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAKE — I. ˈkāk noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old High German kuocho cake Date: 13th century …
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YOUR — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower; akin to Old English ēow you — more at you Date: before …
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TOO — adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tō to, too — more at to Date: before 12th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOO — adv likewise; also; in addition. 2. too ·adv over; more than enough; noting excess; as, a thing is too …
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
YOUR — / jɔː(r); NAmE jʊr weak form jə(r)/ determiner (the possessive form of you ) 1. of or belonging to the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOO — / tuː; NAmE / adverb 1. used before adjectives and adverbs to say that sth is more than is good, …
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HAVE
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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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YOUR — your S1 W1 /jə; strong jɔː $ jər strong jɔːr/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘you’] [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOO — too S1 W1 /tuː/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: to 'to, too' ] 1 . [+ …
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HAVE
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EAT — eat S1 W1 /iːt/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense ate /et, eɪt $ eɪt/, past participle eaten /ˈiːtn/) [ …
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CAKE — I. cake 1 S2 W3 /keɪk/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: kaka ] …
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TOO — adv. 1 to a greater extent than is desirable, permissible, or possible for a specified or understood purpose (too colourful …
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 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAKE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a mixture of flour, butter, eggs, sugar, etc., baked in the oven. b a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOO — adv. 1 to a greater extent than is desirable, permissible, or possible for a specified or understood purpose (too colourful …
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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TOO — adv.1 to a greater extent than is desirable, permissible, or possible for a specified or understood purpose (too colourful for …
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 …
Oxford English vocab
TOO — I. ADDING SOMETHING OR RESPONDING /tu:/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAVE
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YOUR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Your' is the second person possessive …
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EAT
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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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TOO
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CAKE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a birthday cake ▪ She had a birthday cake with 21 silver candles on …
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YOUR — [determiner]Your means of or belonging to people generally.Garlic is good for your blood.Of course you want the best for your …
Cambridge English vocab
TOO — (MORE) [adverb] [not gradable] - more than is needed or wanted; more than is suitable or enoughYou're too fat.I can't …
Cambridge English vocab
TOO — Synonyms and related words : above, additionally, again, all included, along, also, altogether, among other things, and all, and also, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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 …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TOO — See ↑ AND/ALSO 1, ↑ TOO/TOO MUCH 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ about time too • ↑ be too big/small • …
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