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ORIGIN:
This expression comes from cockney rhyming slang. The original phrase is butcher’s hook which rhymes with look. It is always used in its shortened form.
have one’s cake and eat it too и волки сыты, и овцы целы; и на ёлку влезть, и не уколоться; и невинность соблюсти, и капитал приобрести M E A N I N G : to spend or use something up but still have it; to have two things when you must choose one You can either go to a movie or get pizza, but you can’t have your cake and eat it too. ORIGIN: This saying started sometime in the 1540s. Once you’ve eaten a piece of cake, you don’t have it anymore. So you have to make a decision to eat or to save it. In the same way, money that you’ve spent is money that you no longer have in your pocket. You have to choose what to do with what you have. The original version of this expression is you can’t eat your cake and have it too. head and shoulders above someone на голову выше; намного превосходить M E A N I N G : far superior; much better than When it comes to catching fish, Lew is head and shoulders above everyone else. ORIGIN: When it was first used in the 1800s, this saying referred to height: a very tall person towers over a very short one. But over the years the meaning has been stretched to include any skill one has that is better than someone else’s. So a five foot person may be head and shoulders above a six foot person in math, tap dancing, and writing stories. Heath Robinson чудо морское M E A N I N G : strange looking / appearing to be homemade or improvised (used about machinery / vehicles)
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