English
• Yanking my chain
• Yesterday's news
• You always hurt the one you love
• You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
• You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
• You can't expect knowledge to hit you over the head.
• You can't have it both ways
• You can't have your cake and eat it too
• You can't have your cake and eat it too
• You can't judge a book by its cover

Different cultures have different ways of saying the same thing

You can't have your cake and eat it too
On ne peut pas avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre
Man kann nicht auf zwei Hochzeiten tanzen
No se puede tenerlo todo
Нельзя сидеть сразу на двух стульях
Ne možeš imati i ovce i novce
魚和熊掌不可兼得

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