You Can't Have Cake And The Topping, Too Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does You Can't Have Cake And The Topping, Too Idiom mean?

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You can't have cake and the topping, too What does You can't have cake and the topping, too mean?	This idiom means that you can't have everything the way you want it, especially if your desires are contradictory.
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You Can't Have Cake And The Topping, Too Idiom