Last Updated:2025/11/21
(idiomatic) To seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).
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have one's cake and eat it too
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Source Word
have one's cake and eat it too
Verb
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
相反する二つの望み(たとえば、ケーキを所有しながら同時に食べる、つまり失いたくない状態を求めること)を同時に求めることです。 / 互いに矛盾する二つの要求を同時に満たそうとする行為を指します。
( present singular third-person )
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