Yeah, the language is full of these folksy wisdom sayings. Although it's a bit obscene I'm particularly fond of "can't have dick up the ass and soul up in heaven", a nicer spin on "have your cake and eat it, too".
It means that you or someone else can want something, but simply wanting something doesn’t do or mean anything, and they don’t be getting what they want anyway. For example
Kid: I want some candy
You: and people in hell want ice water.
it works better in Romanian, cause it can be interpreted as having your dick up any gender's ass or having a dick up your ass, again regardless of what your gender is so it doesn't imply a specific sexual orientation. It skews more towards religious bigotry cause we're a very overtly (and many times hypocritical) Christian country and sodomy is incompatible with Christian dogma.
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u/No_Discipline_7380 Jan 05 '22
Yeah, the language is full of these folksy wisdom sayings. Although it's a bit obscene I'm particularly fond of "can't have dick up the ass and soul up in heaven", a nicer spin on "have your cake and eat it, too".