The snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman gains

The snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman gains

It is a Chinese idiom, pronounced y ù B à ngch í zh ē ng, y ú w à NGD é L ì, which means that both sides are in dispute, both sides are defeated, and the third party takes advantage.

explain

[idiom] the snipe clam is in dispute, and the fisherman is in profit. It means that both sides are in dispute, both sides are hurt, and the third party takes advantage of it.

allusion

[source] it is recorded in the second yance of ZhanGuoCe that the clam opens its shell to bask in the sun, and the snipe pecks it, and its mouth is caught by the clam shell, so they don't give in to each other. The fisherman came and caught both.