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Quando uma pessoa quer, mas não consegue fazer mais de uma coisa ao mesmo tempo, qua do tenta fazer dizemos que ela quer "assobiar e chupar cana". existe alguma expressão em inglês para dizer isso?
When a person wants, but can not do more than one thing at a time, when he tries to do it we say that he wants to "whistle and suck sugar cane". Is there any expression in English to say that?
When a person wants, but can not do more than one thing at a time, when he tries to do it we say that he wants to "whistle and suck sugar cane". Is there any expression in English to say that?
- Portuguese (Brazil)
You cannot eat your cake and have it too
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- English (UK) Near fluent
The person is trying to 'eat his cake and have it too'.
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- English (UK)
I've always heard it as 'have your cake and eat it too' where I'm from in Scotland.. saying eat first sounds weird to me haha.
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- Spanish (Mexico)
No puedes chiflar y comer pinol al mismo tiempo
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