278
submitted 1 week ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.

Bardella was at an event in Moissac, southwest France, to promote his latest book when a man broke the egg on his head.

The suspected attacker, a 74-year-old man, was arrested and taken into custody for violence against a public official, prosecutor Montauban Bruno Sauvage told AFP.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago
[-] Poach@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

You can't eat your cake and have it too

[-] kaidenshi@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Thank you for getting the idiom right. To all of the folks who think you can't have your cake and eat it too, you most certainly can. You have to "have" it before you can "eat" it. But you most definitely can't eat your cake and then still have it, which is the meaning of the idiom and the correct way to say it.

[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

I've never fully understood this phrase because don't you have a cake by eating it?

"what did you eat last night?" "I had a cake instead of dinner"

[-] luciferofastora@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"I have a cake (in my possession)" as opposed to "I'm having / I had a cake (for a meal)". Perhaps the less ambiguous phrasing would be "...and keep it too" – the nuance is probably academic at this point – but proverbs tend to be stubborn.

this post was submitted on 30 Nov 2025
278 points (98.6% liked)

World News

51213 readers
508 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS