ekki verður bæði sleppt og haldið

Icelandic

Etymology

Literally, “it shall not be both let go and held”, or more loosely translated as “it's not possible to both let go and hold on”.

Phrase

ekki verður bæði sleppt og haldið

  1. have one's cake and eat it, too
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