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101kettle — n. a vessel, usu. of metal with a lid, spout, and handle, for boiling water in. Phrases and idioms: kettle hole a depression in the ground in a glaciated area. a pretty kettle of fish an awkward state of affairs. Derivatives: kettleful n. (pl.… …
102kettle of fish — Date: 1742 1. a bad state of affairs ; mess 2. something to be considered or reckoned with ; matter < books and discs…were two very different kettles of fish Roland Gelatt > …
103kettleof fish — 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. * * * …
104kettle of fish — 1) a bad state of affairs; a very difficult and annoying situation; something to be considered or reckoned with 2) literally a large cauldron in which salmon are boiled with salt by the side of the river, e.g. at Berwick upon Tweed …
105fine kettle of fish — See: KETTLE OF FISH …
106fine kettle of fish — See: KETTLE OF FISH …
107be another kettle of fish — be another/a different kettle of fish if you say that something or someone is a different kettle of fish, you mean that they are completely different from something or someone else that has been talked about. Andy was never very interested in… …
108be a different kettle of fish — be another/a different kettle of fish if you say that something or someone is a different kettle of fish, you mean that they are completely different from something or someone else that has been talked about. Andy was never very interested in… …
109(a) different kettle of fish — a different kettle of fish informal phrase a situation or subject that is not related to the one you are talking about Of course their economic policy is a different kettle of fish altogether. Thesaurus: different and differentlysynonym… …
110different kettle of fish — If something is a different kettle of fish, it is very different from the other things referenced. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** To describe a person, thing or situation as a different kettle of fishmeans that it is completely… …
