to have your cake and eat it

to have your cake and eat it
7. to have your cake and eat it or to have your cake and eat it too (不切实际地希望)两全其美；鱼与熊掌兼得
- He wants a switch to a market economy without reducing the standard of living. This sounds like wanting to have his cake and eat it. 他希望在不降低生活水平的前提下转向市场经济。这听起来像是希望鱼和熊掌兼得。
8. a piece of cake<非正式> (easy) 轻而易举的事；举手之劳
- Getting rid of him will be a piece of cake. 摆脱他是小事一桩。
9. to take the cake<美> (be outstandingly bad) 糟糕到极点
- As far as vacuous teen flicks go, this one takes the cake. 这部电影在内容空洞的青春片当中算是最糟糕的了。
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