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I was told on Sri Lanka that if you put one crab in the bucket, he can easily get out. But if you put five, not one can get out because the others pull it down.
by kubanczyk 6y ago
I was told on Sri Lanka that if you put one crab in the bucket, he can easily get out. But if you put five, not one can get out because the others pull it down. Is it true?
They didn't mention the crabs' nationality though.
- ankurpatel 6y agoThis is just a joke.
- snazz 6y agoThe “crab bucket mentality” is a pretty common idiom.
- kubanczyk 6y agoOh, TIL. I searched for some real zoological evidence, but found none. Fun fact, my native language has no comparable idiom, although the phenomenon is very much present. We just call it "the mentality".