"you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds" meaning in English

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Proverb

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  1. You can't have it both ways. Related terms: have one's cake and eat it too, hold with the hare and run with the hounds
    Sense id: en-you_can't_run_with_the_hare_and_hunt_with_the_hounds-en-proverb--EfznX7C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English proverbs

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