PRETTY KETTLE OF FISH

Meaning of PRETTY KETTLE OF FISH in English

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

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

PRETTY KETTLE OF FISH — See: KETTLE OF FISH.
Slang English vocab
PRETTY KETTLE OF FISH — See: KETTLE OF FISH.
Словарь английских идиом
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
PRETTY — I. ˈpri]d.]ē, ]t], ]i also ˈpu̇r], - R sometimes ˈpu̇] adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English prety, praty, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FISH
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
PRETTY — (superl.) Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; …
Английский словарь Webster
PRETTY — — prettily , adv. — prettiness , n. — prettyish , adj. /prit"ee/ , adj., prettier, prettiest , n. , …
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
PRETTY — I. ˈpri-tē, ˈpər- also ˈpru̇- adjective ( pret·ti·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English praty, prety, from Old English prættig …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FISH
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
PRETTY — superl stout; strong and brave; intrepid; valiant. 2. pretty ·superl affectedly nice; foppish; used in an ill sense. 3. …
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
PRETTY — [pret.ty] adj pret.ti.er ; -est [ME praty, prety, fr. OE praettig tricky, fr. praett trick; akin to ON prettr trick] …
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
FISH
Britannica English vocabulary
KETTLE — kettle, K~ BrE AmE ˈket ə l AmE ˈket̬ ə l ▷ kettle|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRETTY — / ˈprɪti; NAmE / adverb , adjective ■ adverb (with adjectives and adverbs) 1. to some extent; fairly : I'm …
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
FISH
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRETTY — I. pret ‧ ty 1 S1 W3 /ˈprɪti/ BrE AmE adverb [+ adjective/adverb] spoken 1 . fairly or more than …
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
FISH
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRETTY — adj., n., v., & adv. --adj. (prettier, prettiest) 1 attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful or handsome …
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
PRETTY — adj., n., v., & adv. adj. (prettier, prettiest) 1 attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful or handsome …
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
PRETTY — adj., n., v., & adv. --adj. (prettier, prettiest) 1. attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful or handsome …
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
PRETTY — ( prettier, prettiest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you describe …
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
PRETTY — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a sweet/pretty/lovely melody (= pleasant ) ▪ The pianist played a sweet melody. fairly/pretty …
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
PRETTY — (PLEASANT) [adjective] -ier, -iest - pleasant to look at, or (esp. of girls or women or things connected with them) …
Cambridge English vocab
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
PRETTY — I. pretty adjective 1. Synonyms: skillful 2, adroit, clever, good, ||skilly, wicked, workmanlike, workmanly 2. Synonyms: beautiful , attractive, beauteous, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
KETTLE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ electric VERB + KETTLE ▪ fill ▪ plug in ( BrE ) ▪ put on ( esp. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PRETTY — adj. 25B6; adjective a pretty child : ATTRACTIVE, lovely, good-looking, nice-looking, personable, fetching, prepossessing, appealing, charming, delightful, cute, as pretty …
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
PRETTY — adj. 1 comely, attractive, good-looking, nice-looking, appealing, lovely, cute, mignon(ne), graceful, fair, bonny, fetching, charming, winsome, beautiful, pulchritudinous, Colloq easy …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
KETTLE — See: KETTLE OF FISH, POT CALLS THE KETTLE BLACK.
Словарь английских идиом
PRETTY — 1. прил. 1) а) миловидный, прелестный, хорошенький; симпатичный, приятный; привлекательный (о человеке; обык. о женщине или ребенке) Syn : beautiful, …
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
PRETTY — pretty.ogg 1. ʹprıtı n 1. прелесть ( в обращении ) my pretty! - мой милый!; моя милая!; моя прелесть! 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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
FISH
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 …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PRETTY — pretty прил.1) а) миловидный, прелестный, хорошенький; симпатичный, приятный; привлекательный (о человеке; обык. о женщине или ребенке) Syn:beautiful, nice, lovely б) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
KETTLE — kettle сущ.1) металлический чайник to put a kettle up to boil — поставить кипятить чайник a teakettle — заварочный чайник …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

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