Globe Theater - You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
What does \u201chave your cake and eat it too\u201d mean?\nHaving your cake refers to keeping it with you. This means you want to preserve the cake for the future. But you also want to eat it. This is contradictory. The moment you eat your cake, you can\u2019t have it because it is finished. Conversely, if you decide to have or keep your cake then you can\u2019t eat it.\n\nThis proverb highlights a very valuable lesson which is that you cannot have it both ways. When you are presented with two choices that are mutually exclusive, you have to choose one. You cannot choose both. Either you have to eat the cake or have it. If we examine the wording, we find that \u2018eat your cake and have it\u2019 sounds more logical.