have one's cake and eat it, too

1. see eat one's cake.

Example Sentences

It's an attempt to have one's cake and eat it too that feels more cowardly than cautious.

From Salon

President Xi Jinping and his colleagues are followers of Boris Johnson in at least one respect: they believe that it is possible to have one’s cake and eat it too.

From The Guardian

She also gets to explore the variety of ways one can have one's cake and eat it too.

From Los Angeles Times

This is no time to dance around conflicts, be cute with the legal niceties and try to have one's cake and eat it too.

From Wall Street Journal

California had been great fun, and Di wished she might stop longer, but one couldn't have one's cake and eat it, too.

From Project Gutenberg