a snipe and a clam locked in a fight

a snipe and a clam locked in a fight

Snipe and clam fighting, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ù B à ngxi ā NGD ò u, which means that the two sides hold each other, so that the third party benefits from it. It comes from the record of hutianlu written by Bai Yi Ju Shi in Qing Dynasty.

Idiom usage

To act as an object or attributive

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: snipe and clam in danger, snipe and clam in contention

The origin of Idioms

In the volume of hutianlu written by Bai Yi Jushi in the Qing Dynasty, it is said: "it is necessary to fight each other recklessly, but it is not about the weight. Snipe and clam should fight each other, and they should hurt each other."

Idiom explanation

It is used to describe that both sides are in a stalemate and the third party benefits from it.