have your cake and eat it

釋義

1. 牛津電影裡 100%

   得其利而無其弊；兩者兼得

   to have the advantages of sth without its disadvantages; to have both things that are available

   Life is tough and you can't have your cake and eat it.

   You can't have your cake and eat it too, all the time.

電影裡這樣說 · 2 部

• Life is tough and you can't have your cake and eat it.Be Here Now2015
• You can't have your cake and eat it too, all the time.American Movie1999
• Can't have your cake and eat it too.Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023
• Well, isn't that like having your cake and eating it?All of Us Strangers2023

在完整場景裡學

• 活在當下：安迪·惠特菲爾德的故事2015
  • 曬佩劍後談癌症復發：take it day by day（一天一天地過）
  • 從試鏡到化身斯巴達克斯：that's how we roll（我們就是這麼辦事的）
  • 化療緩解後癌症復發：breeze through（輕鬆順利通過）
• 導演狂想曲1999
  • 半夜三點趕印稿：idle hands（遊手好閒）
  • 從小迷上拍電影：have something under your belt（有真本事）
  • 為話費單跟家人吵翻：in their right mind（頭腦正常）
• 都是陌生人2023
  • 鄰居深夜上門搭話：vampires at my door（門外有危險的人）
  • 回老屋與父母重聚：over the moon（高興得不得了）
  • 上門做客喝酒聊單身：not for want of trying（不是沒努力過）

同一詞條的短語

• a slice of the cake
• take the cake
• go like hot cakes
• the icing on the cake
• a piece of cake

習語頻道里接下來

• that will do
• with your tail between your legs
• i promise you
• beat hell out of
• take it
• go from bad to worse
• go the extra mile
• in effect
• it's not rocket science
• lie through your teeth
• show the ropes
• the thing