what does kettle of fish mean?
KETTLE OF FISH as NOUN
- Meaning
- informal terms for a difficult situation
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Usage Example(s)
- he got into a terrible fix
- he made a muddle of his marriage
Hypernyms(s) kettle of fish is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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