Multiple choice

Directions: Find out the correct meaning of the idiom/phrase from the four alternatives.

To fish in troubled waters

  1. To interfere in a quarrel in the hope of securing personal advantage

  2. A general view just like a bird can see while flying over an area

  3. To pay attention

  4. None of these
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Explanation

To 'fish in troubled waters' means to try to gain an advantage from a chaotic or difficult situation. It implies taking advantage of others' problems.

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