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Spanish

Querer estar en misa y en procesion

Wishing to be both at mass and in the procession

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Albanian
Të hysh në ujë e të mos lagesh
To take a swim and not get wet
Chinese
又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草
to want one's horse to run fast without letting it graze
Czech
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Vlk se nažral a koza zůstala celá
The wolf ate and the goat remained whole
English
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Have one's cake and eat it too
German
auf zwei Hochzeiten gleichzeitig tanzen
to dance at two weddings at the same time

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