Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
have your goose and eat it!
French translation:
vous aurez la dinde et l'argent de la dinde!
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raoul weiss
Nov 16, 2004 16:29
19 yrs ago
English term
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have your goose and eat it! (FR CANADIAN)
English to French
Marketing
Marketing
Fixed espression???
This Christmas you can have your goose and eat it!
This is the complete sentence for an ad for X-mas.
Is this a fixed expression ?
Un proverbe, un dicton?
Is there a "fixed" equivalent in FR Canadian
This is the complete sentence for an ad for X-mas.
Is this a fixed expression ?
Un proverbe, un dicton?
Is there a "fixed" equivalent in FR Canadian
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raoul weiss
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Ce noël, vous aurez la dinde et l'argent de la dinde!
Doesn't make any sense to look for a "fixed" French equivalent, since the original itself is a pun on words ("goose" instead of "cake")
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Vigyazz, Sara, a reklamot kell forditani, nem a valo tényeket, masképp nem fizetnek!
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Vigyazz, Sara, a reklamot kell forditani, nem a valo tényeket, masképp nem fizetnek!
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Comment: "Merci à tous, je vois qu'il y a eu bcp de créativité ici et j'ai eu énormément de difficulté à décider "
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correspond à « avoir le beurre et l’argent du beurre », mais le contexte peut rendre l’expression bizarre …
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clangfor1
: oui, tout à fait, déformation de "you can have your cake and eat it"
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Merci ;)
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Anne JOST
: C'est ce que j'allais dire ! Il y a un jeu de mot avec l'approche de Thanksgiving!
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Merci ;) oui, ici c’est Noël, kif-kif ! ;)) Dinde pour Thanksgiving et oie à Noël …
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Arroger
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Merci Roger ;)
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Robert Morin
: D'accord, c'est bien l'équivalent le plus naturel!
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Merci ;)
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Aurore Fussen
: ou "avoir la crêmière et le sourire qui va avec"
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Merci, J’aime … où la trouve-t-on, cette crémière ? ;)
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on peut avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre
except that for Christmas it looses all its flavour
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Noël, c\'est du gâteau!
Noël, c\'est de la tarte !
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Noël, c\'est du gâteau!
Noël, c\'est de la tarte !
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
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an idea...
Sorry, I don't know the French equivalent, but the English expression is: "Have your cake and eat it, too". I imagine they adapted it to Christmas by using "goose" instead of "cake". It was Marie Antoinette who said "Let them it cake!", right?
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have your cake and eat it, too:
meaning: to have something after you have eaten or spent it, have it both ways
Ex.: You want to spend your money and still have it. You can\'t have your cake and eat it, too!
http://home.t-online.de/home/toni.goeller/idiom_wm/id293.htm
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Here\'s an interesting reference that says Marie Antoinette didn\'t say \"Let them eat cake!\" after all ;)
http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20021122.html
I imagine this is not completely unrelated to the other expression, or maybe it is, but in any case, I had fun researching this for you.
Good luck!
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have your cake and eat it, too:
meaning: to have something after you have eaten or spent it, have it both ways
Ex.: You want to spend your money and still have it. You can\'t have your cake and eat it, too!
http://home.t-online.de/home/toni.goeller/idiom_wm/id293.htm
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Here\'s an interesting reference that says Marie Antoinette didn\'t say \"Let them eat cake!\" after all ;)
http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20021122.html
I imagine this is not completely unrelated to the other expression, or maybe it is, but in any case, I had fun researching this for you.
Good luck!
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jacrav
: Urban Legends have an easy and persistent life … ;))
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Indeed they do ;) Merci!
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ce noël nous serons les dindons de la farce
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ou : nous avons les dindons de la farce
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ou : nous avons les dindons de la farce
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(on ne peut) gagner sur tous les tableaux à la fois
Il s'agit ici d'une autre proposition, bien que l'équivalent le plus idiomatique soit effectivement «le beurre et l'argent du beurre»... Plus littéralement, on pourrait aussi rendre par «on ne peut tout avoir et ne rien céder».
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Ma proposition devrait plutôt se lire «Vous pouvez gagner sur tous les tableaux à la fois» ou encore «vous pouvez gagner sur les deux tableaux»
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Ma proposition devrait plutôt se lire «Vous pouvez gagner sur tous les tableaux à la fois» ou encore «vous pouvez gagner sur les deux tableaux»
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