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2016年08月16日 环球雅思墨尔本分校



     浑水摸鱼;趁火打劫      
Fish in Troubled Waters


Fish in Troubled Waters直译是:“浑水里捕鱼”,出自《伊索寓言·渔夫》


这篇寓言江的是:有个渔夫在河里张网捕鱼,他把鱼网横栏在河道里,然后拿了一条缚着石块的绳子,不停的拍击河水,使泥沙泛起,河水浑浊,鱼儿在慌乱中纷纷自投罗网,渔夫用这个方法捕得了好多鱼。但住在附近的人指责渔夫说:“我们饮水全靠这条河,你把水搞得这么浑,叫我们到哪里去找清水饮用呢?”渔夫回答说:“可是,我若不把水搞浑,那就非饿死不可了”



因此,人们常用to fish in trouble waters 比喻to try to win advantages for oneself from a disturbed state of affairs; to make use of sb's misfortune to serve one's own ends. 并因此产生了谚语it's good fishing in troubled waters(混水好摸鱼)。

在英语中,to fish in troubled waters 也可写成to fish in the muddy waters,而且water必须做waters。




eg:
They were clearly seeking to fish in troubled waters.

I refused to let them come here because I knew they only wanted to fish in troubled waters.




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