漁夫の利

ぎょふのり

profiting while others fight

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Meanings

ぎょふのり · ぎょほのり

  1. expression, noun, idiom profiting while others fight; fisherman's profit

Its kanji

In sentences

漁夫ぎょふの利りを占しめる。 A third party makes off with the profits. #182132

他ほかの物ものが漁夫ぎょふの利りを占しめる。 Someone else profits from the situation. #138580

漁夫ぎょふの利りを占しめるつもりはない。 I have no intention of fishing in troubled waters. #182130