Querer ter sol na eira e chuva no nabal - Idiomatically

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Querer ter sol na eira e chuva no nabal

Literal Translation

Wanting the sun to shine on the threshing floor, while it rains on the turnip field

Equivalent idioms in other languages

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
+1
Vlk se nažral a koza zůstala celá
The wolf ate and the goat remained whole
English
+1
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
German
auf zwei Hochzeiten gleichzeitig tanzen
to dance at two weddings at the same time
Greek
Την πίτα ολόκληρη και τον σκύλο χορτάτο
(Have) the pie whole and the dog fed
Hindi
दोनों हाथ में लड्डू होना
To have a laddu (a sweet candy) in both of your hands
Maltese
riedha ħobla u tredda'
to want her pregnant while she’s breastfeeding
Norwegian
Man kan ikke få både i pose og sekk
You can't get both in bag and sack
Polish
Zjeść ciastko i mieć ciastko
To eat the cookie and have the cookie
Spanish
Querer estar en misa y en procesión
Wishing to be both at mass and in the procession
Spanish
nadar y tener la ropa
swim and have clothes
Swedish
Att äta kakan och ha den kvar
To eat the cookie and still have it
Welsh
cadw torth a'i bwyta hi
to keep a loaf and eat it