讀英語名著學習雅思閱讀(4)

　　4.Fish in Troubled Waters渾水摸魚;趁火打劫;陷于混亂

　　Fish in Troubled Waters直譯是：“渾水里捕魚”，出自《伊索寓言·漁夫》

　　這篇寓言江的是：有個漁夫在河里張網捕魚，他把魚網橫欄在河道里，然后拿了一條縛著石塊的繩子，不停的拍擊河水，使泥沙泛起，河水渾濁，魚兒在慌亂中紛紛自投羅網，漁夫用這個方法捕得了好多魚。但住在附近的人指責漁夫說：“我們飲水全靠這條河，你把水搞得這么渾，叫我們到哪里去找清水飲用呢?” 漁夫回答說： “可是，我若不把水搞渾，那就非餓死不可了”

　　因此，人們常用to fish in trouble waters 比喻to try to win advantages for oneself from a disturbed state of affairs; to make use of sb's misfortune to serve one's own ends.并因此產生了諺語it’s good fishing in troubled waters(混水好摸魚)。

　　在英語中，to fish in troubled waters 也可寫成to fish in the muddy waters，而且water必須做waters。

　　eg:The man who interferes in South American politics is fishing in troubled waters

　　I refused to let them come here because i knew they only wanted to fish in troubled waters

　　Those who made large profits out of illegally selling rationed goods during World War II were fishing in troubled waters.