my cake is dough
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
All my swans are turned to geese. Occisa est res mea. Mon affaire est manquee; my project has failed.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “my cake is dough” mean?
All my swans are turned to geese. Occisa est res mea. Mon affaire est manquee; my project has failed.
Is “my cake is dough” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.