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.
Chinese PinYin : yù bàng xiāng dòu
a snipe and a clam locked in a fight
used to describe the beautiful dress of a woman. huā zhī zhāo zhǎn
The dragon's war and the fish's horror. lóng zhàn yú hài