B2🍝 Food
Volere la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca
to want to have your cake and eat it too
Literal Translation
"To want the barrel full and the wife drunk"
What it means
To want to have it both ways / to want the impossible
Example in context
"Vuole lavorare poco e guadagnare tanto — vuole la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca."
"He wants to work little and earn a lot — he wants to have it both ways."
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