crab mentality

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  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.

Synonyms

 * crab bucket syndrome

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 魚蛋論
 * Mandarin: 螃蟹心態, 螃蟹精神, 螃蟹心理
 * Dutch: krabbenmentaliteit
 * Finnish: keskinäinen kateus
 * Hungarian: dögöljön meg a szomszéd tehene is
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: da komšiji crkne krava
 * Tagalog: isip-alimango, isip talangka, kaisipang talangka