to fish in troubled waters: figurative to take advantage of disturbance or trouble to gain one's end.
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释义 | the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (intransitive)] > take advantage of trouble (2) to fish in troubled waters1569 to fish in troubled waters: figurative to take advantage of disturbance or trouble to gain one's end. to stir shit1971 coarse slang (chiefly British, Australian and New Zealand). to stir (up) shit and variants: to cause trouble for its own sake. Cf. sense phrasal… |
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