you can't have it both ways

CollinsDictionary@
phrase. If someone says that you can't have it both ways, they are telling you that you have to choose between two things and cannot do or have them both
. e. g
Countries cannot have it both ways: the cost of a cleaner environment may be fewer jobs
🔰you can’t have it both ways🔰
used to say that you cannot have the advantages from both of two different possible decisions or actions
. E. g
It’s a choice between the time and the money – you can’t have it both ways!
It's either me or her. You can't have it both ways!
LongmanDictionary@
🔰have it both ways🔰
to get advantages from two opposing things
. E. g
You can't have it both ways - you either work longer and get paid more or have more leisure time and get paid less
CambridgeDictionary@
🔰have it both ways🔰
to want to have the benefit from two possibilities when you can only choose one
. E. g
You can’t have it both ways, Paul. What’s more important, your family or your job?
MacmillianDictionary@
ضرب المثل، با معادل فارسی:
*هم خرُ میخوای، هم خرما؟*
❇️PROVERB
❇️SAYING
❇️IDIOM

You can't have all advantages at the same time.
خدا و خرما را با هم خواستن
همه چیز را هم زمان با هم خواستن

نمیتونی هم خر و بخوای هم خرما رو 😃