我本想坐收渔翁之利
“(I intended to benefit from it.)”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
青阙宗尹岱率众与之鏖战
“(Yin Dai of Qingque Sect led a battle against him.)”
我本想坐收渔翁之利
“(I intended to benefit from it.)”
岂料
“(Unexpectedly,)”
“I thought I could easily exploit their fight, but things went completely out of my control.”
Derived from a classical fable where a snipe and a clam locked in a struggle are both caught by a passing fisherman, symbolizing third-party opportunism.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
originally intended to
A concise, slightly literary way to say 'I originally planned to...', almost always followed by a reversal of fortune.
to reap the spoils without lifting a finger
An idiom used when a third party benefits from a conflict between two other rivals.