if we had ham we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.66 in modern English
89
Scrabble Score
42
Letters
4
Syllables
16
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The situation reminds me of the statement that "if we had ham, we could have ham and eggs — if we had eggs" — but in a world in which there are no hens. In theory, truly secure systems are impossible."
- ""And if we had ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs," Esbeth grumped."
- "This is the, 'If we had ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs' philosophy. . . . Delivering our cash to dictatorial and silly governments was bad, but even worse was delivering our big ideas about centralization, economic planning, and social justice to a country that had 120 university graduates at the time of independence."
- "This is the "if we had ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs" philosophy. Or as Nzezele put it as I was leaving Dar after having given him a large and not very well-earned tip, "When you get back to America, if you find that you have any extra money, could you send me a wristwatch?""