"fish in troubled waters" meaning in English

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      "form": "fishing in troubled waters",
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      "form": "fished in troubled waters",
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        "past"
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      "glosses": [
        "To try to gain something by taking advantage of a confused or troubled situation."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To try to gain something by taking advantage of a confused or troubled situation."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "渾水摸魚"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "húnshuǐmōyú",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "浑水摸鱼"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "fiske i rørte vande"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "kalastaa sameassa vedessä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "käyttää sekasortoa hyväkseen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "pêcher en eau trouble"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "im Trüben fischen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "a zavarosban halászik"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "pescare nel torbido"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "menangguk di air keruh"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "fiske i rørt vann"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "fiske i rørt vatn"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "łowić ryby w mętnej wodzie"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lovítʹ rýbu v mútnoj vodé",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "лови́ть ры́бу в му́тной воде́"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "a río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
          "word": "fiska i grumligt vatten"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "fish in troubled waters"
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      "form": "fishes in troubled waters",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fishing in troubled waters",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fished in troubled waters",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fished in troubled waters",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "glosses": [
        "To try to gain something by taking advantage of a confused or troubled situation."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To try to gain something by taking advantage of a confused or troubled situation."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "渾水摸魚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "húnshuǐmōyú",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "浑水摸鱼"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "fiske i rørte vande"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "kalastaa sameassa vedessä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "käyttää sekasortoa hyväkseen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "pêcher en eau trouble"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "im Trüben fischen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "a zavarosban halászik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "pescare nel torbido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "menangguk di air keruh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "fiske i rørt vann"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "fiske i rørt vatn"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "łowić ryby w mętnej wodzie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lovítʹ rýbu v mútnoj vodé",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "лови́ть ры́бу в му́тной воде́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "a río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to take advantage from a chaotic situation",
      "word": "fiska i grumligt vatten"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fish in troubled waters"
}