you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

proverb

You can't have it both ways.

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Meanings

proverb
  1. You can't have it both ways.
Cite this entry
APA

you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20can't%20run%20with%20the%20hare%20and%20hunt%20with%20the%20hounds

MLA

“you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20can't%20run%20with%20the%20hare%20and%20hunt%20with%20the%20hounds. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/you%20can't%20run%20with%20the%20hare%20and%20hunt%20with%20the%20hounds.

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