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I think you're talking about shooting fish in a bucket and that means something is really easy. If you're not talking about tha then I would say that it means you are trapped and frustrated that you got caught. (Have you ever seen crabs in a bucket? They go nuts!)

This term really is very old saying. Long story short. When crabs are in a bucket, they will not allow others to crawl out. This analogy is often used to talk about humans, who do not allow good things to happen for others, out of jealousy. Just like crabs in a bucket, if everyone can not have something? No one can.

Crabs are kept in an open bucket, out of the conpect. They will not allow eachother to escape.

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