APAD：You can‘t have your cake…… 附短语动词

You can’t have your cake and eat it too.

If you have your cake and eat it too, you get two things that are normally impossible to get simultaneously.

Example: If you want more local services, you can’t expect to pay less tax. Well, you can’t have your cake and eat it.

 

Phrasal verb：back out

Back out

Fail to keep an arrangement or promise.

He BACKED OUT two days before the holiday so we gave the ticket to his sister