漁夫の利

ぎょふのり

Also written ぎょほのり, 漁父の利

Meanings

1. Expression, Noun profiting while others fight (literally: fisherman's profit)

Kanji

• 漁 fishery. Read as ギョ.
• 夫 husband
• 利 benefit. Read as リ.

Example sentences

• 君は漁夫の利を占めようとしているのか。
  Are you trying to fish in troubled waters?
• 漁夫の利を占める。
  A third party makes off with the profits.
• 漁夫の利を占めるつもりはない。
  I have no intention of fishing in troubled waters.
• 苛酷な価格競争の中で、Ａ社は我々をけしかけてＢ社と戦わせて漁夫の利を得ようとしている。
  Company A is trying to play us off against Company B in a severe price-war.

Word lists

• Idioms

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