Baked goods have a special place in English expressions. In this episode, we find out if you can ever have your cake and eat it too, and ponder why we liken baby-making to bun-baking.
Comparing ‘have your cake and eat it’ and ‘eat your cake and have it’ on Google Ngrams.
Here is the wonderful tweet by Phanie Pack.
Got a bun in the oven! 🤰🏼 pic.twitter.com/Fletsnublx
— phanie pack (@bodhistephva) June 11, 2017
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