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informal terms for a difficult situation
he made a muddle of his marriage
he got into a terrible fix
How To Use kettle of fish In A Sentence
- Now here, thinks I, is a bonny kettle of fish, for Margaret was sitting with us, but for all the suddenness of it she never geed her beaver, and I kent then that she had word some way. The McBrides A Romance of Arran
- Having knowledge is one thing but being able to communicate it to others is another kettle of fish.
- And a penumbra is a different kettle of fish entirely–the metaphor was used by Justice Douglas in Griswold v. The Volokh Conspiracy » The First Amendment and Advertisements of Legal Prostitution
- Playing for the reserve team is a totally different kettle of fish.
- She's not nervous about speaking to a lot of people, but speaking to a TV camera is a different kettle of fish.
- That was indeed a pretty kettle of fish.
- Booth : Well , he's a whole other kettle of fish . I'll tell you that . He's just annoying.
- Harvey, with his public school accent and laid-back manner, was a different kettle of fish.
- It is a totally different kettle of fish. The Sun
- She's not nervous about speaking to a lot of people, but speaking to a TV camera is a different kettle of fish.
