稳坐钓鱼台 [
wěn zuò diào yú tái]
choose a good way of attaining one's end without taking any personal risk, but remaining comfortable in the background
take a tense situation calmly
- 任凭风浪起,稳坐钓鱼台”的境界。
Whatever the storm gets up, sits quietly Senkaku Islands" boundary." - 在最近的选举洪流中,民族主义者们并非稳坐钓鱼台。
In the current spate of elections, the populists are not carrying all before them. - 在众反对派均陷于领导权争夺与暗战之际,拉贾帕克萨大有稳坐钓鱼台之势。
With the rest of the opposition preoccupied with leadership struggles and in-fighting, Mr Rajapaksa is in an enviable position.