Meanings (ES + gloss)
estar a la vez en la procesión y repicando las campanas • estar en misa y repicando • nadar y tener la ropa • querer el oro y el moro • soplar y sorber, no puede ser • tener el oro y el moro • tener la torta y jamearla ansimismo
To benefit by having two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).
It's not possible to get your savings and keep the piggy bank intact. You can't have your cake and eat it too!
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