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Prolagus commented on the word avere la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca
As in non puoi avere la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca, that is "you can't have your barrel full and your wife drunken" (the same as "you can't have your cake and eat it too").
November 27, 2008