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It’s An ill Wind That Blows Nobody Good 1100 Words

It's An ill Wind That Blows Nobody Good It's An ill Wind That Blows Nobody Good someone who takes advantage of other people's misfortunes, an opportunistic person, an unscrupulous and unprincipled person who benefits from other people's misfortunes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sawAUqcWusk A sailing metaphor frequently invoked to explain good luck arising from the source of others' misfortune. My boss got very ill and couldn't work anymore. So, I got the chance to occupy his position. In fact, it's an ill wind that blows nobody good. When all ocean-going ships depended upon the wind to blow them along, a wind favorable to a ...

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