It is a metaphor for taking advantage of chaos to gain benefits.

The source of the idiom: Mao Dun's "Eclipse and Wavering": "He also felt that the methods of the farmers in Nanxiang were not without merit. As long as they were changed, he could fish in troubled waters and eat the fat. ”

Traditional Chinese writing: Fishing in troubled waters

Phonetic: ㄏㄨㄣˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄛㄧㄩˊ

Synonyms of fishing in troubled waters: Fishing in troubled waters is a metaphor for taking advantage of chaos. A few wealthy families fished in troubled waters at the right time to gain illegitimate benefits. They became richer and richer, and the more they spent, the more they spent. Taking advantage of the chaotic situation of the fire to rob, it is a metaphor for taking advantage of someone's danger and taking advantage of it

Idiom grammar: more formal ; used as predicate and attributive; with derogatory connotation

Common usage: Commonly used idioms

Emotional and color: derogatory idiom

Idiom structure: more formal idiom

Era of production: Contemporary idiom

English translation: fish in trouble waters lt; to concern oneself in matters where one is likely to run into danger or trouble;