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Select the options that most appropriately describe the meaning of below idioms/phrases. To fish in troubled waters

Options

  1. Ato borrow money
  2. Bto steal belongings of
  3. Cto get benefit in bad situation
  4. Dto extend a helping hand

Correct answer

C. to get benefit in bad situation

Step-by-step solution

The idiom 'to fish in troubled waters' means 'to try to capitalize on or benefit from a situation, circumstance, or experience that is fraught with disorder, difficulty, confusion, stress, etc.'.

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