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Kettle of fish

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Noun
  1. 1
    An awkward situation. idiomatic

    ""That's a fine kettle of fish," he exclaimed, then turned to his dinner companion. "Fine kettle of fish. I'm so hungry even that sounds good, and from the looks of this menu that's probably what I'll get.""

  2. 2
    informal terms for a difficult situation wordnet
  3. 3
    A situation recognized as different from or as an alternative to some other situation. idiomatic

    "That is another kettle of fish entirely."

Etymology

From kettle, a variant of kiddle, a weir or fence of stakes in a stream used to catch fish.

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