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- (one's) cake is dough
(one's) cake is dough
(one's) cake is dough
One's actions have failed or not led to the desired outcome—much like a cake that is still dough after baking. The phrase appears in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. I know you worked really hard on this project, but it looks like your cake is dough, and you won't be winning the contest.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Eleazar | | el-ee-AY-zər (English) | Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek |
Luiz | | - | Portuguese (Brazilian) |
Charlot | | shar-LO | French |
Meshulam | | - | Hebrew |
Ilda | | - | Italian |
Spencer | | ['spensə] | |