querer sol na eira e chuva no nabal

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querer sol na eira e chuva no nabal (first-person singular present quero sol na eira e chuva no nabal, first-person singular preterite quis sol na eira e chuva no nabal, past participle querido sol na eira e chuva no nabal)

  1. (idiomatic) to want to have one's cake and eat it too (to seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible)