have your cake and eat it

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   得其利而无其弊；两者兼得

   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.

电影里这样说 · 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

在完整场景里学

• 活在当下：安迪·惠特菲尔德的故事2015
  • 晒佩剑后谈癌症复发：take it day by day（一天一天地过）
  • 从试镜到化身斯巴达克斯：that's how we roll（我们就是这么办事的）
  • 化疗缓解后癌症复发：breeze through（轻松顺利通过）
• 导演狂想曲1999
  • 半夜三点赶印稿：idle hands（游手好闲）
  • 从小迷上拍电影：have something under your belt（有真本事）
  • 为话费单跟家人吵翻：in their right mind（头脑正常）
• 都是陌生人2023
  • 邻居深夜上门搭话：vampires at my door（门外有危险的人）
  • 回老屋与父母重聚：over the moon（高兴得不得了）
  • 上门做客喝酒聊单身：not for want of trying（不是没努力过）

同一词条的短语

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

习语频道里接下来

• 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