殃及池魚
simp殃及池鱼joeng1 kap6 ci4 jyu4yāng jí chí yú
English
- (idiom) innocent
- to be a collateral
- bystander get into a trouble or get involved in an situation or affair of others
粵語 — Cantonese
- 全句「城門失火,殃及池魚」,提到城門火燭,人用池入邊嘅水嚟救火,結果池裏邊嘅魚就乾死。意思係同自己有關連嘅嘢受損傷嘅時候,自己好難獨善其身,亦可以解作無端端被捲入一啲壞事。
Examples
反貪浪潮一出,澳門對出嘅賭船就紛紛執笠,可謂殃及池魚。
During the anti-corruption campaign, the casino yachts far from the coast of Macau, as a collateral, were shut down.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk