Benefits or advantages that a person or small group already possesses or has acquired

A third party profiting from a conflict between two others who are at a standstill.

To take advantage of a situation where two parties are in conflict to gain an advantage as a third party. This is a shortened form of the idiom [[鹬蚌相持，渔人得利|鷸蚌相持，漁人得利|yu4 bang4 xiang1 chi2 yu2 ren2 de2 li4]].

Suntory, a Japanese beverage company

literally: when the snipe and the clam grapple, the fisherman profits; used to describe a situation where a third party benefits from the conflict between two others

unjust enrichment; profits or benefits acquired illegally or unfairly at the expense of others

if two parties fight, a third party will benefit from the struggle; to reap the spoils of another's conflict

literally meaning 'when the snipe and the clam grapple, the fisherman benefits'; used to describe a situation where two parties are locked in a dispute, allowing a third party to step in and take advantage of the situation