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"You can't have your cake and eat it, too"

Posted by Nostromo on August 17, 2000

I have found where this originates from (In fact, it was the other way around: You can't eat your cake and have it, too); but does anyone know the definitive answer as to the exact meaning, or intent, of the expression?

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