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Two dogs strive for a bone and a third runs away with it. [Two dogs fight for a bone and a third runs away with it.]
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二匹の犬が骨を争う隙に、別の犬がその骨を銜えて逃げ去る。
/ (中国~日本の諺)漁夫の利。[漁父の利。] - 劉向 (紀元前77 - 前6): 『戦国策』燕策
/ (鷸が蚌を食べようとして嘴を挟まれたところに漁師が通りがかって両方捕まえたという故事から、二者の争いに乗じて第三者が労せずして利益をさらうこと。)

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