Idiom: have your cake and eat it

[shery]

English Idioms and Expressions, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #3 "A piece of cake", question 2

The trouble with you is that you are a bit selfish and your sole philosophy is to have your cake and eat it.

(a) expect too much of life
(b) lead a life of pleasure
(c) spend your life eating
(d) eat too much

English Idioms and Expressions, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #3 "A piece of cake", answer 2

The trouble with you is that you are a bit selfish and your sole philosophy is to expect too much of life.

Correct answer: (a) expect too much of life
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what deos it mean ?

shery

[Mister Micawber]

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From Wikipedia:

To wish to have one's cake and eat it too or simply have one's cake and eat it (sometimes eat one's cake and have it too) is to want more than one can handle or deserve, or to try to have two incompatible things. This is a popular English idiomatic proverb, or figure of speech.
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