With the police disorganized after the collapse of communism in Europe, many criminals started to fish in troubled waters.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
fish in muddy — or[troubled waters] {v. phr.} To take advantage of a troubled or confusing situation; seek personal advantage. * /With the police disorganized after the collapse of communism in Europe, many criminals started to fish in troubled waters./ … Dictionary of American idioms
fish in muddy — or[troubled waters] {v. phr.} To take advantage of a troubled or confusing situation; seek personal advantage. * /With the police disorganized after the collapse of communism in Europe, many criminals started to fish in troubled waters./ … Dictionary of American idioms
fish\ in\ troubled\ waters — • fish in muddy • fish in troubled waters v. phr. To take advantage of a troubled or confusing situation; seek personal advantage. With the police disorganized after the collapse of communism in Europe, many criminals started to fish in troubled… … Словарь американских идиом
Fish — /fish/, n. Hamilton, 1808 93, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869 77. * * * I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold blooded vertebrates found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species range from the primitive lampreys and hagfishes… … Universalium
Muddy arrowtooth eel — From plate 43 of Oceanic Ichthyology by G. Brown Goode and Tarleton H. Bean, published 1896. Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
Muddy River — This article is about Nevada s Muddy River. For Muddy River in Boston, Massachusetts, see Muddy River, Massachusetts. For other places named Muddy River, see Muddy River (disambiguation). Muddy River in late Fall, looking south The Muddy River,… … Wikipedia
fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with … Universalium
Fish in Australia — There are many species of fish in Australia, and fishing is a popular Australian activity. Most of Australia s fish species are marine. More than 4400 species of fish inhabit Australia s waterways. 70% of Australia s freshwater fish have… … Wikipedia
muddy flavour — a tainted flavour or odour of fish flesh caused by the chemicals geosmin and 2 methylisoborneal released by microorganisms in the water and taken up by fish through their gills. These chemicals have very low detection thresholds, about 1 nanog/l … Dictionary of ichthyology
Demersal fish — Bluespotted ribbontail ray resting on the seafloor Demersal fish live on or near the bottom of the sea or lakes.[1] They occupy the sea floors and lake beds, which usually consist of mud, sand, gravel or rocks … Wikipedia
