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"A way of thinking best described by the phrase \"if I can't have it, neither can you.\" The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs in which one tries to escape over the side, but is relentlessly pulled down by the others in the pot."
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"(idiomatic) A way of thinking best described by the phrase \"if I can't have it, neither can you.\" The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs in which one tries to escape over the side, but is relentlessly pulled down by the others in the pot."
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
"word": "魚蛋論"
},
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"alt": "jyu⁴ daan⁶⁻² leon⁶",
"code": "yue",
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"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
"word": "鱼蛋论"
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"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
"word": "螃蟹心態"
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"roman": "pángxiè xīntài",
"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
"word": "螃蟹心态"
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"roman": "pángxiè jīngshén",
"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
"word": "螃蟹精神"
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"roman": "pángxiè xīnlǐ",
"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
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"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
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"word": "krabbenmentaliteit"
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"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
"word": "keskinäinen kateus"
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"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
"word": "dögöljön meg a szomszéd tehene is"
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"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
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"word": "da komšiji crkne krava"
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"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
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"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
"word": "魚蛋論"
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"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
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"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
"word": "螃蟹心態"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pángxiè xīntài",
"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
"word": "螃蟹心态"
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"roman": "pángxiè jīngshén",
"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
"word": "螃蟹精神"
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"roman": "pángxiè xīnlǐ",
"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
"word": "螃蟹心理"
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"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
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"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
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"word": "dögöljön meg a szomszéd tehene is"
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"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
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"word": "da komšiji crkne krava"
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"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
"word": "isip-alimango"
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"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
"word": "isip talangka"
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"sense": "if I can't have it neither can you",
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"word": "crab mentality"
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