Cake

Posted by ESC on August 31, 2001

In Reply to: You can't have your cake and eat it too posted by Susan on August 31, 2001

: You can't have your cake and eat it too
: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN??

From the archives (October 1999 discussion):
From Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings by Gregory Y. Titelman:
: "You can't have your cake and eat it too -- One can't use something up and still have it to enjoy. This proverb was recorded in the book of proverbs by John Heywood in 1546, and is first attested in the United States in the 1742 'Colonial Records of Georgia' in 'Original Papers, 1735-1752.' The adage is found in varying forms: You can't eat your cake and have it too. You can't have everything and eat it too; Eat your cake and have the crumbs in bed with you, etc. ..."

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