FINE KETTLE OF FISH

Meaning of FINE KETTLE OF FISH in English

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Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012

FINE KETTLE OF FISH
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FINE KETTLE OF FISH — See: KETTLE OF FISH.
Slang English vocab
FINE KETTLE OF FISH — (n.phr.) ну и дела
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
FINE KETTLE OF FISH — Hу и дела!; Хорошенькое дело!; Вот так история! Веселенькая история!; Вот тебе и раз!
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
FINE KETTLE OF FISH — (n.phr.) ну и дела
English Russian slang dictionary
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
FISH
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FINE — I. fine ˈfīn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English fin, fine, from Old French fin, from Latin finis boundary, …
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
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
FINE — fine 1 /fuyn/ , adj., finer, finest , adv., v., fined, fining , n. adj. 1. of superior or best …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FISH
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FINE — I. fine ˈfīn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French fin, fine, from Latin finis boundary, end Date: 13th century 1. …
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
FISH — pl of fish. 2. fish ·noun the flesh of fish, used as food. 3. fish ·noun a counter, used in …
Webster English vocab
FINE — superl (used ironically.). 2. fine ·superl not coarse, gross, or heavy. 3. fine ·vi to pay a fine. ·see fine, …
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
FINE — [fine] n [ME, fr. OF fin, fr. L finis boundary, end] (13c) 1 obs: end, conclusion 2: a compromise of …
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
FINE — I fine ordinary senses BrE AmE faɪn ▷ fined faɪnd ▷ finer ˈfaɪn ə AmE - ə r ▷ fines …
Longman Pronunciation 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
FINE — / faɪn; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective ( finer , fin·est ) VERY GOOD …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
FINE — I. fine 1 S1 W1 /faɪn/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: French ; Origin: fin , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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
FINE — adj., n., adv., & v. --adj. 1 of high quality. 2 a excellent; of notable merit (a fine painting). b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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
FINE — adj., n., adv., & v. adj. 1 of high quality. 2 a excellent; of notable merit (a fine painting). b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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
FINE — 1. adj., n., adv., & v. --adj. 1. of high quality. 2 a excellent; of notable merit (a fine painting). …
Oxford English vocab
FINE — I. ADJECTIVE USES /faɪn/ ( finer, finest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. …
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
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
FINE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a beautiful/fine/sunny morning ▪ Outside it was a beautiful morning. a fine balance (= …
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
FINE — (PUNISHMENT) [noun] [C] - an amount of money that has to be paid as a punishment for not obeying a …
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
FINE — Synonyms and related words : Babylonian, Corinthian, OK, Roger, absolutely, abstruse, accomplished, accurate, acrid, acute, admirable, adulterated, advantageous, aesthetic, aesthetically …
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
FINE — Fine as five pence. Fine as a cow-t--d stuck with primroses.FINE. A man imprisoned for any offence. A fine of …
Slang English vocab
FINE — n. Function: adjective 1 marked by subtlety of perception or discrimination FF1C; I cannot follow these fine distinctions FF1E; Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FINE — I. noun a pecuniary penalty exacted by an authority paid a fine of ten dollars Synonyms: amercement, forfeit, mulct, penalty …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
KETTLE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ electric VERB + KETTLE ▪ fill ▪ plug in ( BrE ) ▪ put on ( esp. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FINE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , heavy , hefty , huge , large , massive , stiff , substantial ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FISH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. piscine, ichthyo-. 25B6; verb some people were fishing in the lake : GO FISHING, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FINE — n. 25B6; adjective fine wines : EXCELLENT, first-class, first-rate, great, exceptional, outstanding, quality, superior, splendid, magnificent, exquisite, choice, select, prime, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FINE — adj. 1 superior, excellent, superb, magnificent, supreme, marvellous, exceptional, splendid, exquisite, elegant, first-class, first-rate, prime, choice, select, top-grade, high-grade, top-drawer, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
KETTLE — See: KETTLE OF FISH, POT CALLS THE KETTLE BLACK.
Словарь английских идиом
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
FINE — I 1. сущ. 1) конец уст. (кроме сочетаний) in fine 2) а) ист. юр. вид мировой (как "взаимовыгодное завершение дела") …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KETTLE — kettle.ogg ketl n 1. чайник ( для кипячения воды ) the kettle boils sings, boils over - чайник кипит шумит, …
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