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.

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[idiom]

The snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman gains

[Pinyin]

yùbàngchízhēng，yúwēngdélì

[explanation]

It's a metaphor for a dispute between the two sides and a third party taking advantage of each other.

allusion

[source]

According to the records of yance 2, the clam opened its shell to bask in the sun, and the snipe went to peck it, but its mouth was caught by the clam's shell. The fisherman came and caught both.