火事場泥棒

[kajiba-dorobou]


Literal translation:

A thief at a fire site


Meaning:

Stealing amid the confusion caused by a fire

Gaining illicit profits amid the chaos

Fishing in troubled waters (English idiom)

A person who commits the above act 


Japanese Idioms and Proverbs

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