Does it really make sense?
Proverbs are the flower of popular wit and the treasures of popular wisdom. Actually these proverbs are popular sayings expressing a truth or a common fact. And I somehow feel they are sayings of our ancestors who condensed their wisdom into one-liners.
Proverbs are the flower of popular wit and the treasures of popular wisdom. Actually these proverbs are popular sayings expressing a truth or a common fact. And I somehow feel they are sayings of our ancestors who condensed their wisdom into one-liners.
'You Cant have the Cake and Eat it too'
Most of them have underlying meanings. Rather all of them. And I feel they should atleast make sense in the first reading. Somehow I feel this popular proverb (mentioned above) has absolutely no surface meaning. But again it has a lot to say when analyzed.
I seriously feel it sounds very stupid. Although this might sound juvenile, i ask this. Why is one made to believe that he cant enjoy and relish the cake he has? Why cant you eat the cake you have? Why on earth do you even have it? Now I am getting serious doubts on the so called 'wisdom' of our ancestors. If it were only framed in a better manner the depth of the meaning would be far more hard hitting than leading to a weird argument or a disputatious statement made by some character who calls himself 'Hellskitchen'!!
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'You Cant have the Cake and Eat it too'
sanjay,
frankly speaking when i had first heard this saying i was told(by some wise ppl) that the meaning of this phrase i something else from what u said.
i was told that this means you cannot have both sides of a deal... like if you have a cake and a chocolate, you get only one of them,not both of them.
with referrence to the rooster club: " ____ ya to ____ hai ya fir uska ___ ke saath ____ hai! ___ ke saath ____ to ho nehi sakta matlab ____ to ____ hi hai!"---if u kno wat i mean!!
in case u r confused... u can either have "_____ ya to _____ hai" or you can have "_____ ke saath _____ hai" ...not both at the same time..remember the vivek and roopak example?
if i have been able to confuse u even more i consider myself successful to point out the meaning that i had heard long back!
Well yes!! you have indeed been very successfull in confusing me. By the way the questions i asked were merely on the surface level. I really believe in the true meaning or the essence of the proverb. But on the front end, i really feel it does not make enough logical sense.
somehow i am very indifferent towards proverbs...but yes,sometimes they appear to make sense too..regarding this one,i never really gave it a thought.But Baala..ur theory of "ya tho..." fits perfectly fine here...
hmm...come to think of it,it does make sense both ways-on the surface level n the indepth meaning..but i seriously doubt it came from a 'wise' ancestor..if u r smart enough(and if u have the determination),u can have your cake,chocolate and ice cream and eat them ALL as well..maybe it was said by some guy as consolation for dreams not fulfilled..maybe it was just an excuse for laziness..what say?
Well i somehow feel it should have been phrased in a better way.
I suppose the wise ancestor is speaking about a 'Whole Cake'. Must have foreseen the gluttonous tendencies of wanting EVERYTHING. Maybe, it means that we can have the cake and eat our share.
You cant have the Cake and Eat it Too ...
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