fish in troubled waters

English

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Verb

fish in troubled waters (third-person singular simple present fishes in troubled waters, present participle fishing in troubled waters, simple past and past participle fished in troubled waters)

1. (idiomatic) To try to gain something by taking advantage of a confused or troubled situation.

Translations

to take advantage from a chaotic situation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 渾水摸魚／浑水摸鱼 (zh) (húnshuǐmōyú)

• Danish: fiske i rørte vande
• Finnish: kalastaa sameassa vedessä, käyttää sekasortoa hyväkseen
• French: pêcher en eau trouble (fr)
• German: im Trüben fischen (de)
• Hungarian: a zavarosban halászik
• Italian: pescare nel torbido
• Malay: menangguk di air keruh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fiske i rørt vann (no)

  Nynorsk: fiske i rørt vatn

• Polish: łowić ryby w mętnej wodzie (pl)
• Russian: лови́ть ры́бу в му́тной воде́ (ru) (lovítʹ rýbu v mútnoj vodé)
• Spanish: a río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores (es)
• Swedish: fiska i grumligt vatten (sv)