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单词 have your cake and eat it (too)
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have your cake and eat it (too)

to have or do two good things at the same time that are impossible to have or do at the same time:

You can't have your cake and eat it - if you want more local services, you can't expect to pay less tax.

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Pleasure and happiness

  • abandon
  • afterglow
  • bed
  • bed of roses idiom
  • bliss
  • delirium
  • exaltation
  • exult
  • feast
  • felicity
  • fulfilment
  • fun
  • gaiety
  • goody
  • joy
  • joyful
  • joyous
  • jubilation
  • mirth
  • savour

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have your cake and eat it too

to do or get two good things at the same time, esp. things that are not usually possible to have together:

I worked at home so I could raise my family and still earn money – I guess I wanted to have my cake and eat it too.
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