Comment on What is a metaphor you like in your language?
weew@lemmy.ca 2 weeks agoI only just realized the pun inside “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.”
Most people complain that it’s a pointless idiom because if you possess a cake, you are likely able to eat it.
Having cake is another way of saying eating cake. It’s saying you can’t eat your cake and then eat your cake again.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I read this like “have it on the shelf” . One can’t save money and still spend it.