if we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs, if we had some eggs

Alternative form of if we had ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proverb
  1. alternativeAlternative form of if we had ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs.

    In some minds, optical computing was "wishful thinking on the order of: if we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs—if we had some eggs."

    1992, Ernest Sternberg, Photonic Technology and Industrial Policy, →ISBN, page 195
    2 more examples

    Despite the closures of Castles, the drop in profits, and the trend of overall decline, Billy Ingram joked in the General Letter of April, "If we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs if we had some eggs. If we had enough help we could do a good business if we had something to sell."

    1999, David G. Hogan, Selling 'em by the Sack: White Castle and the Creation of American Food, →ISBN

    At this point, one is reminded of the saying, "If we had some ham, we could have some ham and eggs— if we had some eggs." It does little good to know what quality professional development might look like if schools and school systems are incapable of supporting it.

    2009, Catherine Miles Grant, Valerie L. Mills, Mary Bouck, Ellen Davidson, Secondary Lenses on Learning Participant Book, →ISBN, page 323
Cite this entry
APA

if we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs, if we had some eggs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/if%20we%20had%20some%20ham%20we%20could%20have%20some%20ham%20and%20eggs%2C%20if%20we%20had%20some%20eggs

MLA

“if we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/if%20we%20had%20some%20ham%20we%20could%20have%20some%20ham%20and%20eggs%2C%20if%20we%20had%20some%20eggs. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “if we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs, if we had some eggs,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/if%20we%20had%20some%20ham%20we%20could%20have%20some%20ham%20and%20eggs%2C%20if%20we%20had%20some%20eggs.

Source: if we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs, if we had some eggs on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.