English / proverb
If We Had Ham We Could Have Ham and Eggs, If We Had Eggs
MEANING IN ENGLISH
A humorous folk proverb pointing out the absurdity of building grand speculative plans on nonexistent resources.
In context
01
Planning an offshore expansion without capital is just like saying, 'If we had ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs.'
02
Whenever my partner proposed luxury acquisitions without revenue, I reminded him, 'If we had ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs.'
Synonyms
wishful thinking,building castles in the air,futile speculation
Antonyms
grounded pragmatism,realistic planning,concrete feasibility
Collocations
sound like if we had ham,remind that if we had ham,classic case of if we had ham