The idioms with the word "clam" are as follows:
The clam is sick and becomes a pearl, which is a metaphor for writing good articles due to failure.
Old clams give birth to pearls. The original metaphor is that old people have wise sons. The latter refers to having a son in old age.
The snipe and the clam are in a stalemate, and the fisherman benefits. It is a metaphor for the two sides arguing, both sides suffer, and the third party takes advantage.
The snipe and the clam quarrel, and the fisherman gains. It is a metaphor for the two sides arguing, both sides suffer, and the third party takes advantage.
A diseased clam produces pearls. This is a metaphor for writing good articles due to lack of ambition. Same as "clam disease becomes pearl".
The stalemate between clams and sandpipers is a metaphor for two sides fighting, both sides suffer, and the third party gains.
Lao Cun Zhu Fei refers to an old woman giving birth to a child.
Sewing a clam to get pearls is a metaphor for finding virtuous and good talents. Same as "cutting open a clam to find pearls".
Cut open the clam shell to find the pearl inside. It is a metaphor for seeking virtuous and good talents.
Earthware clam plate generally refers to crude food utensils. Describes a frugal life.
Snipe and clam stalemate "Warring States Policy·Yan Ce II" records: The clam opened its shell to bask in the sun, the snipe went to peck it, and its mouth was caught by the clam shell, and neither party gave way. The fisherman came and caught both of them. ...
The snipe and the clam are in a stalemate, and the fisherman benefits. It is a metaphor for the stalemate between the two parties, and a third party benefits from it.
The snipe and the clam fighting each other are metaphors for the two sides being at loggerheads, with the third party benefiting from it.
The snipe and the clam are in danger. It is a metaphor for the two sides being at loggerheads, and a third party benefiting from it.
The snipe and the clam quarrel are the provincial sayings of "the snipe and the clam quarrel, and the fisherman will benefit". It is a metaphor that the two parties are at loggerheads and the third party benefits from it.
The snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman benefits. Sandpiper: a long-billed water bird; clam: a mollusk with a shell. It is a metaphor that the two parties are arguing, both sides suffer, and the third party takes advantage.