漁夫(ぎょふ)の利(り)
It is about someone who tries to win an advantage from a difficult situation.
In English, "While two dogs are fighting for a bone, the third runs away with it."
漁夫(ぎょふ) means a fisherman
利(り) is from the word 利益(りえき) which means "profit"
This proverb is from a Japanese old tale about a bird and a clam.
When a bird tried to eat a clam, a clam closed its shells and got bird's beak.
A bird said to a clam, "If it won't rain tomorrow, you will be dried up and die."
A clam answered him back, "If you won't get your beak out, you will die of hunger."
Then, the fisherman passed by and caught both of them.
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★Let's use this proverb in the conversation!
A: このアイスは私(わたし)のよ！
This ice cream is mine!
B: 私(わたし)のよ！
No, it's mine!
C: あの二人(ふたり)がけんかしてる間(あいだ)に
漁夫(ぎょふ)の利(り)で私(わたし)がもらっていくわ。
While they are fighting, I am going to eat it.
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