NICE KETTLE OF FISH

Meaning of NICE KETTLE OF FISH in English

mess, dilemma, predicament, fix, "a pickle"

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

FISH — I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold-blooded vertebrate s found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species …
Английский словарь Британика
NICE — I. ˈnīs adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, foolish, wanton, from Old French, simpleminded, stupid, from Latin nescius ignorant, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
KETTLE — ˈke]d. ə l, ]t ə l, ÷ ˈki]; some who have |ki] in “teakettle”and/or “kettle of fish” have |ke] in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NICE — (superl.) Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice day; a …
Английский словарь Webster
NICE — (superl.) Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; …
Английский словарь Webster
NICE — ( superl. ) Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice person; a nice …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NICE — ( superl. ) Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NICE — — nicely , adv. — niceness , n. /nuys/ , adj., nicer, nicest . 1. pleasing; agreeable; delightful: a nice …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KETTLE — /ket"l/ , n. 1. a metal container in which to boil liquids, cook foods, etc.; pot. 2. a teakettle. 3. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FISH — — fishless , adj. /fish/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) fish , ( esp. referring to two …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NICE — adjective ( nic·er ; nic·est ) Etymology: Middle English, foolish, wanton, from Anglo-French, silly, simple, from Latin nescius ignorant, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KETTLE — noun Etymology: Middle English ketel, from Old Norse ketill (akin to Old English cietel kettle), both from a prehistoric Germanic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NICE — superl delicate; refined; dainty; pure. 2. nice ·superl of trifling moment; nimportant; trivial. 3. nice ·superl foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; …
Webster English vocab
FISH — pl of fish. 2. fish ·noun the flesh of fish, used as food. 3. fish ·noun a counter, used in …
Webster English vocab
NICE — [nice] adj nic.er ; nic.est [ME, foolish, wanton, fr. OF, fr. L nescius ignorant, fr. nescire not to know--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KETTLE — [ket.tle] n [ME ketel, fr. ON ketill (akin to OE cietel kettle), both fr. a prehistoric Gmc word borrowed fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FISH — [fish] n, pl fish or fish.es often attrib [ME, fr. OE fisc; akin to OHG fisc fish, L piscis] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KETTLE — also called Kettle Hole, in geology, depression in a glacial outwash drift made by the melting of a detached mass …
Britannica English vocabulary
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Britannica English vocabulary
NICE — seaport city, Mediterranean tourist centre, and capital of Alpes-Maritimes dpartement, Provence-Alpes-Cte-d'Azur region, southeastern France. The city is located on the …
Britannica English vocabulary
KETTLE — kettle, K~ BrE AmE ˈket ə l AmE ˈket̬ ə l ▷ kettle|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NICE — / naɪs; NAmE / adjective ( nicer , nicest ) PLEASANT / ATTRACTIVE 1. nice (to do sth) | nice …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KETTLE — / ˈketl; NAmE / noun a container with a lid, handle and a spout , used for boiling water : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NICE — nice S1 W2 /naɪs/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: 'stupid' , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KETTLE — ket ‧ tle S3 /ˈketl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cetel ] 1 . a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NICE — adj. 1 pleasant, agreeable, satisfactory. 2 (of a person) kind, good-natured. 3 iron. bad or awkward (a nice mess you've …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KETTLE — n. a vessel, usu. of metal with a lid, spout, and handle, for boiling water in. økettle hole a depression …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FISH — n. & v. --n. (pl. same or fishes) 1 a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NICE — adj. 1 pleasant, agreeable, satisfactory. 2 (of a person) kind, good-natured. 3 iron. bad or awkward (a nice mess you've …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KETTLE — n. a vessel, usu. of metal with a lid, spout, and handle, for boiling water in. kettle hole a depression …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FISH — n. & v. n. (pl. same or fishes) 1 a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NICE — adj.1 pleasant, agreeable, satisfactory. 2 (of a person) kind, good-natured. 3 iron. bad or awkward (a nice mess you've made). …
Oxford English vocab
KETTLE — n. a vessel, usu. of metal with a lid, spout, and handle, for boiling water in. Phrases and idioms: kettle …
Oxford English vocab
FISH — 1. n. & v. --n. (pl. same or fishes) 1. a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly …
Oxford English vocab
NICE — ( nicer, nicest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you say …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KETTLE — ( kettles) 1. A kettle is a covered container that you use for boiling water. It has a handle, and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FISH — ( fish, or fishes, fishes, fishing, fished) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KETTLE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES electric light/kettle/cooker etc ▪ the heat from a small electric fire fish kettle COLLOCATIONS FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FISH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fish pond a fishing boat ▪ The fishing boats go out to sea …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KETTLE — [noun] [C] - a covered metal or plastic container with a handle and a spout, used for boiling waterPeople often …
Cambridge English vocab
FISH — n. fish farming fish duck fish hawk archer fish blind fish bony fish fish poisoning Fish Hamilton flying fish Great …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FISH — Synonyms and related words : C, C-note, Chinook salmon, G, G-note, Loch Ness monster, Sunapee trout, aerial torpedo, albacore, alevin, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KETTLE — Noun. A watch or wrist watch. Possibly from rhyming slang kettle and hob, meaning fob. [Mainly London use]
Slang English vocab
KETTLE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ electric VERB + KETTLE ▪ fill ▪ plug in ( BrE ) ▪ put on ( esp. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NICE — INDEX: 1. nice person 2. something you like or enjoy ◆◆◆ 1. nice person ▷ nice /naɪs/ [adjective] especially spoken …
Longman Activator English vocab
NICE — See ↑ FRIENDLY 1, ↑ GOOD 1,6, ↑ KIND 1, ↑ NICE 1,2, ↑ WEATHER 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ have …
Longman Activator English vocab
NICE — adj. 25B6; adjective have a nice time : ENJOYABLE, pleasant, agreeable, good, satisfying, gratifying, delightful, marvellous; entertaining, amusing, diverting; informal …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FISH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. piscine, ichthyo-. 25B6; verb some people were fishing in the lake : GO FISHING, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NICE — adj. 1 pleasant, agreeable, amiable, amicable, friendly, cordial, warm, gracious, warm-hearted, kind, kindly, outgoing, charming, genial, delightful, courteous, polite, refined, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
KETTLE — See: KETTLE OF FISH, POT CALLS THE KETTLE BLACK.
Словарь английских идиом
NICE — adjective BAD : There is a nice and quiet room where I do my work. GOOD : There is a …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
NICE — прил. 1) а) хороший, приятный, милый, славный (тж. ирон.) nice time ≈ славное время nice person ≈ приятный человек Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KETTLE — сущ. 1) металлический чайник to put a kettle up to boil ≈ поставить кипятить чайник a teakettle ≈ заварочный чайник …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FISH
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KETTLE — kettle.ogg ketl n 1. чайник ( для кипячения воды ) the kettle boils sings, boils over - чайник кипит шумит, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KETTLE — 1) зумпф; поглощающий колодец 2) котёл 3) хим. реактор 4) текст. барка 5) порция продукта в котле • - brewing …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
KETTLE — 1) зумпф; поглощающий колодец 2) котёл 3) хим. реактор 4) текст. барка 5) порция продукта в котле • - brewing kettle - brew kettle - cooking kettle - desilverizing …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
KETTLE — казан, котел pressure washing kettle — промывной аппарат под давлением - agitator kettle - anode kettle - boiler kettle - brew kettle - glue kettle - kettle …
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