英语词汇“to fish in troubled waters”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to fish in troubled waters: figurative to take advantage of disturbance or trouble to gain one's end.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (intransitive)] > take advantage of trouble

to fish in troubled waters1569

to stir shit1971

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 102 Their perswasions whiche alwayes desyre your vnquietnesse, whereby they may the better fishe in the water when it is troubled.

1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 43 They..fare full and fatt by Fishing in troubled waters.

1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. iv. 276 You delight to fish in troubled waters.

1797 Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1799) Though drunk as fish our rulers be, The thing sure little matters; Only it forces you and me To fish in troubled waters.

单词	to fish in troubled waters
释义	> as lemmas to fish in troubled waters c. to fish in troubled waters: figurative to take advantage of disturbance or trouble to gain one's end. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (intransitive)] > take advantage of trouble to fish in troubled waters1569 to stir shit1971 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 102 Their perswasions whiche alwayes desyre your vnquietnesse, whereby they may the better fishe in the water when it is troubled. 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 43 They..fare full and fatt by Fishing in troubled waters. 1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. iv. 276 You delight to fish in troubled waters. 1797 Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1799) Though drunk as fish our rulers be, The thing sure little matters; Only it forces you and me To fish in troubled waters. extracted from fishv.¹ < as lemmas
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