Att äta kakan och ha den kvarSwedishPronunciationAtt ata kakan och ha den kvarLiteral Translation To eat the cookie and still have itEquivalent idioms in other languagesThis is how you express this idiom across languages and locales.ListMapAlbanianTë hysh në ujë e të mos lageshTo take a swim and not get wetChinese又要馬兒好,又要馬兒不吃草to want one's horse to run fast without letting it grazeCzech+1Vlk se nažral a koza zůstala celáThe wolf ate and the goat remained wholeEnglish+1Have one's cake and eat it tooFrenchAvoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre to have the butter and the money from (selling) the butterGermanauf zwei Hochzeiten gleichzeitig tanzento dance at two weddings at the same timeGreekΤην πίτα ολόκληρη και τον σκύλο χορτάτο(Have) the pie whole and the dog fedHindiदोनों हाथ में लड्डू होनाTo have a laddu (a sweet candy) in both of your handsMalteseriedha ħobla u tredda'to want her pregnant while she’s breastfeedingNorwegianMan kan ikke få både i pose og sekkYou can't get both in bag and sackPolishZjeść ciastko i mieć ciastkoTo eat the cookie and have the cookiePortugueseQuerer ter sol na eira e chuva no nabalWanting the sun to shine on the threshing floor, while it rains on the turnip fieldSpanishQuerer estar en misa y en procesiónWishing to be both at mass and in the processionSpanishnadar y tener la ropaswim and have clothesWelshcadw torth a'i bwyta hi to keep a loaf and eat itLogin to correlate with other idioms