Idiom: vouloir le beurre et l'argent du beurre
Explanation: If you 'want the butter and the money from the butter', you are greedy and want everything rather than make a choice between options.
Examples: Il ne peut pas avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre, il faut qu'il lâche quelque chose.
Tu ne peux pas accepter l'héritage et refuser de payer les droits de succession, tu voudrais avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre.
Sense: to want to have one's cake and eat it
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