Used to describe a person (or subculture) that does everything in it's power to destroy the ambitions of those among them who wish to improve themselves.
It comes from the story of catching crabs in a bucket. When you catch a crab and place him in a bucket, the first thing he'll try to do is escape. Now, if you put two crabs in a bucket (hence the plural form of 'Crabs in a Bucket') and place them in there together, as soon as one tries to climb up out of the bucket the other will grab the escaping crab by the legs and try to escape itself, to which the process gets repeated to the point where NO crabs end up escaping.
It comes from the story of catching crabs in a bucket. When you catch a crab and place him in a bucket, the first thing he'll try to do is escape. Now, if you put two crabs in a bucket (hence the plural form of 'Crabs in a Bucket') and place them in there together, as soon as one tries to climb up out of the bucket the other will grab the escaping crab by the legs and try to escape itself, to which the process gets repeated to the point where NO crabs end up escaping.
Carl: "Isn't it a shame honey? How Johnny and Bobby are always constantly jabbing at (and insulting) eachother whenever they approach a group of girls, trying to make themselves look better than the other?"
Linda: "Exactly, they're like a bunch 'crabs in a bucket', they both end up as losers.
Linda: "Exactly, they're like a bunch 'crabs in a bucket', they both end up as losers.
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The second piece of bread in a loaf, next the crust, which possesses some qualities of the crust (or first piece) and some properties of the latter pieces, and can therefore be considered the best piece of all. Figuratively, the second of something, or the second-to-last.
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Called 'Bucket Rock' because if all mainstream American rock songs released since about 2000 were placed in a bucket and one was selected at random, it would sound precisely like all the others.
Called 'Bucket Rock' because if all mainstream American rock songs released since about 2000 were placed in a bucket and one was selected at random, it would sound precisely like all the others.
What a waste of $40, we went to see my cousin's band play at the House of Blues last night, but it was total bucket rock.
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Jack was stinking up the restroom again, so Dave and I played a round of Basket-stall. I stole the ball made a lay-up it into Jack's stall. Shortly after our victory, we ran off like pussies and laughed our asses off.
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