Comments | ___plastique: Writer's Block: Idiomatic Confusion

___plastique

Writer's Block: Idiomatic Confusion

Nov 09, 2008 03:00

Comments 6

avadapotato November 9 2008, 11:26:36 UTC

The part where it says "have your cake," means to physically possess it. Once you eat the cake, you don't have it anymore. For example, if you find a dollar on the ground, you can choose to keep it in your pocket, or you can put it in the vending machine and buy a candy bar -- but you can't have the candy bar and still keep your dollar. Does that make sense?

___plastique November 9 2008, 23:06:27 UTC

Oh, I totally get it. Its definitely a play on words. But its still infuriating. I want my damn cake. And I want to eat it too! lol :)

gadgetsmith November 9 2008, 11:30:28 UTC

I think this expression was coined by dentists or like Richard Simmons back in the 1800's. You win for pointing out the conundrum.

___plastique November 9 2008, 23:07:50 UTC

So I totally pictures Richard Simmons back in the 1800s lol.

nocturnalstars November 9 2008, 11:40:06 UTC

hahahahhahaaha

anonymous December 9 2008, 18:10:20 UTC

It's really "You can't eat your cake and have it, too."