Avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre
French
Pronunciation
Avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre
Literal Translation
to have the butter and the money from (selling) the butter
Equivalent idioms in other languages
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- English
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Have one's cake and eat it too
- Portuguese
Querer ter sol na eira e chuva no nabal
Wanting the sun to shine on the threshing floor, while it rains on the turnip field