alleryStart learning →Which saying means you cannot keep a thing and use it up as well?
AYou can't have your cake and eat it
BBirds of a feather flock together
CA stitch in time saves nine
DThe early bird gets the worm
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. You can't have your cake and eat it
Once the cake is eaten you no longer have it, so you cannot both keep it and eat it.
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