fish in troubled waters

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20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اصطاد بالماء العكر — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Arabic: صاد في الماء العكر — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Chinese Mandarin: 渾水摸魚 /浑水摸鱼 (húnshuǐmōyú) — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Danish: fiske i rørte vande — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Finnish: kalastaa sameassa vedessä — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Finnish: käyttää sekasortoa hyväkseen — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• French: pêcher en eau trouble — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• German: im Trüben fischen — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Hungarian: a zavarosban halászik — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Italian: pescare nel torbido — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Malay: menangguk di air keruh — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Norwegian Bokmål: fiske i rørt vann — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fiske i rørt vatn — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Polish: łowić ryby w mętnej wodzie — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Russian: лови́ть ры́бу в му́тной воде́ (lovítʹ rýbu v mútnoj vodé) — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Spanish: a río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Swedish: fiska i grumligt vatten — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Vietnamese: thừa nước đục thả câu — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Vietnamese: đục nước béo cò — to take advantage from a chaotic situation
• Vietnamese: mượn gió bẻ măng — to take advantage from a chaotic situation