<Li> Argentina: la chancha y los veinte--the pig and the twenties . (Comes from the old piggybanks for children that used to contain coins of 20 cents . The only way to get the coins was to break the piggybank open--hence the phrase . This can be emphasized by adding y la máquina de hacer chorizos--and the machine to make sausage .) </Li> <Li> Swedish: Att äta kakan och ha den kvar - To eat the cookie and still have it . </Li> <Li> Tamil: மீசைக்கும் ஆசை கூழுக்கும் ஆசை--desire to have both the moustache and to drink the soup . </Li> <Li> Turkish: Hem karnım doysun hem pastam dursun .--I want my tummy full and still have a cake . </Li>

Origin you can't have your cake and eat it too