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January 14, 2012, 03:35 AM
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A río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores
I'm looking for its English equivalent -which is not "fishing in troubled waters"-.
Our saying -become an idiom- implies that only outsiders have sure winnings when a civil war or turmoil arise, or any internal conflict in a family, company or group emerge. Unlike the phrase in English, no risk or chance is associated with those "pescadores".
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