having one's cake and eating it
having one's cake and eating it is the present participle and gerund of have one's cake and eat it.
Questions about having one's cake and eating it
- What is having one's cake and eating it the present participle and gerund of?
- Having one's cake and eating it is the present participle and gerund of have one's cake and eat it.
Words near having one's cake and eating it in the dictionary
- having one more time
- having one's act together
- having one's ass handed to one
- having one's back up
- having one's bread buttered for life
- having one's cake and eating it
- having one's cake and eating it too
- having one's day in court
- having one's ducks in a row
- having one's ears lowered
- having one's ears on
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