You can't have your cake and eat it too

Cultural  

1. The things people want are often incompatible. This proverb is easier to grasp if it is understood to mean “You can't eat your cake and have it too.”

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Example Sentences

The first similarity to strike Fitzgerald was: “You can’t eat your cake and have it too” — an uncommon version of the maxim “You can’t have your cake and eat it too.”

From Los Angeles Times

“You can’t have your cake and eat it too,” Knezovich said.

From Seattle Times

“My view is you can’t have your cake and eat it too,” he told Mr. Trump’s lawyers during a preliminary hearing in a Brooklyn federal court.

From Washington Times

Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge You can’t have your cake and eat it too — not yet.

From The Verge

“I have to say you can’t have your cake and eat it, too.”

From The Verge