Cakeism

蛋糕主义

Learning English Conversations

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2023-08-29

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Learn a phrase about wanting to have two good things at the same time.
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  • This is the English we speak with.

  • Me, Jiayin and me, Neil.

  • We've got a fairly new word for you that is about the desire to have two good things at the same time.

  • Or it can be used to say you've been offered two good things at the same time, when in reality that is impossible.

  • The word is cakeism.

  • Cakeism.

  • I love cake.

  • But is this word really connected to cake?

  • No, there's no cake here.

  • Jiang.

  • Although it might be useful to think about a delicious looking cake, if you eat it, it won't be there anymore.

  • This is the idea behind the idiom.

  • You can't have your cake and eat it.

  • You can't have two good things at the same time.

  • Cakeism is based on this idiom, right?

  • So we're saying you can't have all of the advantages.

  • I want a better train service for my commute to work, but I want the journey to be cheaper as well.

  • Sorry, Jiaying.

  • It's unlikely you'll get both.

  • But if the rail company claims it will give you both things, that is cakeism.