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když se dva perou, třetí se směje

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Czech

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Etymology

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Literally, when two people fight, the third laughs.

Proverb

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když se dva perou, třetí se směje

  1. the quarrel of two parties is to the benefit of the third one, which might have stimulated the quarrel
  2. two dogs fight for a bone, and a third runs away with it