na. | 1. rob the owner while his house is on fire; fish in troubled water(s); make use of sb.'s misfortune to serve one's own ends [advantage]; plunder [loot] a burning house; profit by another's ill luck; stir up trouble to serve one's own ends; take advantage of a conflagration to loot; take advantage of others' difficulties for one's own benefit; take advantage of sb.'s misfortune to do him harm; take advantage of the situation to profiteer |