Idiomatically - Idioms translated across languages and countries

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

This is how you express this idiom across languages and locales.

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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
French
Avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre
to have the butter and the money from (selling) the butter