- English translation
Either I get my share, or I'll make sure none of you keeps it.
- Literal wording
In it, or else I make it vanish.
- Meaning and lesson
The saying voices a stark ultimatum from someone who wants a share in something others are enjoying together, whether a windfall, a profit, or a collective project. The speaker demands to be included and makes plain that refusal will carry a cost.
The second half supplies the threat: if shut out, the speaker will spoil the whole affair and work to make it vanish entirely, not merely hide it, until nothing remains for anyone. It portrays a spiteful logic in which the excluded party would rather see everything lost than watch others benefit without them.
- When it is used
Use it to describe someone who demands a share in a gain or shared undertaking and threatens to ruin the entire affair if excluded. It can be spoken in the threatening person's voice or applied critically to someone who would rather destroy the benefit than miss out.
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