manger : Idioms & Phrases
A dog in the manger
- an ugly-natured person who prevents others from enjoying what would be an advantage to them but is none to him.
Webster 1913
dog in the manger
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noun someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for
WordNet
To live at rack and manger
- to live on the best at another's expense. Colloq.