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estar en misa y repicando
Language:
es
1.
Spain
Latin America
idiomatic
colloquial
proverbial
To attempt to do two incompatible things at the same time; to try to be in two places or roles simultaneously.
To seek to enjoy two mutually exclusive benefits or advantages; to try to have it both ways.
Examples:
ES:
No se puede estar en misa y repicando.
EN:
I can't cut myself in two.
ES:
Recuerda, no se puede estar en misa y repicando.
EN:
Did it? Learn a lesson,Jesse. You can't eat your cake and have it too.
ES:
Yo hago lo que queráis, pero no se puede estar en misa y repicando.
EN:
I'm happy to do whatever you want, but I can't have a finger in every pie.
ES:
-No puedes estar en misa y repicando.
EN:
Ed, you can't have your cake and eat it, too, can you?
ES:
Decidí que podía estar en misa y repicando.
EN:
I decided I could have my cake and eat it too.
ES:
Creo que a eso se le llama estar en misa y repicando.
EN:
I believe they call that having your cake and eating it, too.
ES:
No se puede estar en misa y repicando, y tú ya elegiste lo que preferías hacer cuando te casaste.
EN:
You can't both be at mass and ring the bells,... and you already chose what you liked the best when you got married.
ES:
¿No es como estar en misa y repicando?
EN:
Well, isn't that like having your cake and eating it?
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