/ɒ ˈzɒvɒroʒbɒn ˈhɒlaːsik/MACARCA → TR
Tanım
•to fish in troubled waters (to take advantage from a chaotic situation)
Diğer Dillerde
sich mit unredlichen Mitteln einen Vorteil verschaffen
to fish in troubled waters
tentare di approfittare da circostanze biasimevoli
korzystać z zamieszania lub niejasnej sytuacji, zyskiwać w sposób nieuczciwy
eş: łapać ryby w mętnej wodzie
fish in troubled waters, to seek to take advantage of a chaotic situation
to fish in troubled waters
köken: Literally, “To rely on the wind [in order to] snap the bamboo shoot”.
Etimoloji
a (“the”) + zavaros (“sediment at the bottom of a liquid”) + -ban (“in”, case suffix) + halászik (“to fish”)