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kettle of fish
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kettle of fish
n. pl. kettles of fish
1. A troublesomely awkward or embarrassing situation.
2. A matter to be reckoned with: Making money and keeping it are two quite different kettles of fish.
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Noun1.kettle of fish - informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
fix, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, hole
difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"
dog's breakfast, dog's dinner - a poor job; a mess; "they made a real dog's breakfast of that job"
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