English Dictionary

had one's cake and ate it too

動詞

simple past tense of have one's cake and eat it too

日本語の意味

この表現は 'have one's cake and eat it too' の単純過去形、すなわち過去にその状況があったことを示す活用形です。

During the audit, one had one's cake and ate it too, praising cost-cutting publicly while approving lavish expenditures in private.

監査の間、誰かは都合よく両方を手に入れ、公にはコスト削減を称賛しながら私的には多額の支出を承認していた。

意味（1）

simple past tense of have one's cake and eat it too