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Topic	ITT: Common sayings or expressions that don't make sense to you.
GrandConjuraton 05/19/24 10:25:41 AM #22:	wackyteen posted... Both make sense. You can't have your cake and eat it too because if you eat your cake, you no longer have your cake. The original saying carries the meaning more front loaded though. Well, I'll put it a different way. The expression more commonly used today didn't make sense to me because the meaning wasn't explicit; I always took it as "here's your cake, but you can't enjoy it". It's not until seeing the original meaning that I can get the intended meaning for how it's used now. --- I think you're hurting yourself, 'cause you hurt me https://imgur.com/o21DN7r <cite>GrandConjuraton posted [p:980461935] in ITT: Commo... [t:80772235]...</cite> <quote>wackyteen posted... </cite><quote>Both make sense. You can't have your cake and eat it too because if you eat your cake, you no longer have your cake. The original saying carries the meaning more front loaded though.</quote>Well, I'll put it a different way. The expression more commonly used today didn't make sense to me because the meaning wasn't explicit; I always took it as "here's your cake, but you can't enjoy it". It's not until seeing the original meaning that I can get the intended meaning for how it's used now. --- I think you're hurting yourself, 'cause you hurt mehttps://imgur.com/o21DN7r</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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