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have it both ways
Language:
Meanings:
1.
General English
neutral
literal
To obtain or arrange to receive something in two different or opposite manners.
2.
General English
informal
idiomatic
To attempt to enjoy two mutually exclusive benefits or courses of action; to seek incompatible outcomes simultaneously.
Examples:
EN:
Members of the jury, you cannot have it both ways!
ES:
Miembros del jurado, no puede ser ambas cosas.
EN:
But which? You can't have it both ways, Mr Lee.
ES:
No se puede ser las dos cosas, Sr. Lee.
EN:
You can't have it both ways.
ES:
Es lo uno o lo otro.
ES:
No puedes estar de parte de las dos.
EN:
─ Carlotta, you can't have it both ways.
ES:
No, Carlota. No puede jugar a dos barajas.
EN:
She can't have it both ways.
ES:
Ella no puede estar en dos bandos.
EN:
You cannot have it both ways.
ES:
No se puede tener todo.
EN:
So I says, " Listen, Warren, you can't have it both ways.
ES:
Y yo le digo: "Oye, Warren, no puedes tenerlo todo.
EN:
- You can't have it both ways.
ES:
Estamos metidos en uno bueno.
EN:
Look, Tim, you can't have it both ways!
ES:
Tim, no se puede tener todo.
EN:
You can't have it both ways, Hacker.
ES:
Decídase de una vez, sheriff.
EN:
I'll tell you the facts of life, you can't have it both ways
ES:
Estos son los hechos reales... ... y no cabe tratar de disfrazarlos.
EN:
No,it is not all right, it's not all right at all he can't have it both ways and if you won't tell him I will
ES:
- ¡No, no está nada bien! Tiene que escoger. Si tú no eres capaz de decírselo, se lo diré yo.
EN:
- You can't have it both ways, can you?
ES:
- No se puede tener todo, ¿no crees?
EN:
And I can have it both ways.
ES:
Y puedo obtenerla de ambas partes.
EN:
He can't have it both ways.
ES:
No puede tenerlo todo.
EN:
Members of the jury, you cannot have it both ways!
ES:
Miembros del jurado, no puede ser ambas cosas.
EN:
But which? You can't have it both ways, Mr Lee.
ES:
No se puede ser las dos cosas, Sr. Lee.
EN:
You can't have it both ways.
ES:
Es lo uno o lo otro.
ES:
No puedes estar de parte de las dos.
EN:
─ Carlotta, you can't have it both ways.
ES:
No, Carlota. No puede jugar a dos barajas.
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