趁can3火fo2打daa2劫gip3

English

1. (lit.) to loot a burning house (idiom)
2. to take advantage of someone's chaotic situation; to fish in troubled waters; literally: to loot under the cover of fire
3. (fig.) to take advantage of sb's misfortune

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 趁他人形勢危急、混亂攞着數

Examples

• 疫症底下生意慘淡，業主仲要加租，仲唔係趁火打劫？

  While the business goes south during the epidemic, the property owners raise the rent. Aren't they fishing in troubled waters?