Eat Your Cake and Have it? No! That's so wrong!

'You can't eat your cake and have it (too)' is another supposed English expression that is so wrong! The correct expression is 'you can't have your cake and eat it (too).' Surprised?


'Why can't I eat my cake when I have it?' and 
'If my cake is eaten, it will be gone and so I can't have it anymore' are two reasonable arguments I've often been faced with...

Obviously, the first but wrong expression appears more logical, if one considers the fact the expression is used to express the impossibility of having something both ways, if those two ways are conflicting. But we must also remember the expression is an idiom, and idioms have meanings that are not deducible from those of the individual words in them. 

So, #YouDontWanttoSay 'you can't eat your cake and have it (too)' ever again...

The correct expression is 'you can't have your cake and eat it (too).' 

Example:

He works so hard to pay for that fancy house of his that he never has any time to stay home and enjoy it. 

Yeah, you can't have your cake and eat it too.