A DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH

Meaning of A DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH in English

different, not the same A cult is not a religion. A cult is a different kettle of fish entirely.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

A DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH — informal a person or matter that is altogether different from the one just mentioned. → kettle
Concise Oxford English vocab
A DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH — ( informal ) a completely different situation or person from the one previously mentioned
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
A DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH — different, not the same A cult is not a religion. A cult is a different kettle of fish entirely.
English Idioms vocabulary
A DIFFERENT KETTLE OF FISH — (Это) другое дело!
Англо-Русский словарь 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
FISH — I. ˈfish noun ( plural fish or fishes ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fisc; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — I. ˈdifərnt, -f(ə)rənt, -R sometimes -fənt adjective Etymology: Middle French, from Latin different-, differens, present participle of differre to carry …
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
DIFFERENT — (a.) Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or …
Английский словарь Webster
DIFFERENT — ( a. ) Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of …
Webster's Revised 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
DIFFERENT — — differently , adv. — differentness , n. /dif"euhr euhnt, dif"reuhnt/ , adj. 1. not alike in character or quality; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FISH — I. ˈfish noun ( plural fish or fish·es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fisc; akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIFFERENT — I. ˈdi-fərnt, ˈdi-f(ə-)rənt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin different-, differens, present participle of differre Date: 14th 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
DIFFERENT — adj distinct; separate; not the same; other. 2. different ·adj of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or …
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
DIFFERENT — [dif.fer.ent] adj [MF, fr. L different-, differens, prp. of differre] (14c) 1: partly or totally unlike in nature, form, or …
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 — any of a variety of cold-blooded, vertebrate animals found in the fresh and salt waters of the world. Living species …
Britannica English vocabulary
KETTLE — kettle, K~ BrE AmE ˈket ə l AmE ˈket̬ ə l ▷ kettle|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — different BrE AmE ˈdɪf r ə nt ˈdɪf ə r‿ ə nt ˈdɪf ə r‿ ə nt ▷ different|ly li …
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 — / fɪʃ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. fish or fishes ) HELP NOTE : Fish is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIFFERENT — / ˈdɪfrənt; NAmE / adjective 1. different (from / to / than sb/sth) not the same as sb/sth; not like …
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 — I. fish 1 S1 W1 /fɪʃ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural fish or fishes ) [ Word Family: noun : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DIFFERENT — dif ‧ fe ‧ rent S1 W1 /ˈdɪf ə rənt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: verb : ↑ differ …
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
DIFFERENT — adj. 1 (often foll. by from, to, than) unlike, distinguishable in nature, form, or quality (from another). ° Different from …
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
DIFFERENT — adj. 1 (often foll. by from, to, than) unlike, distinguishable in nature, form, or quality (from another). ° Different from …
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
DIFFERENT — adj.1 (often foll. by from, to, than) unlike, distinguishable in nature, form, or quality (from another). Usage: Different from is …
Oxford English vocab
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
DIFFERENT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If two people or things are …
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
DIFFERENT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a different kind ▪ Fossils of many different kinds have been found in this site. …
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
DIFFERENT — [adjective]Different means not the same.She seems to wear something different every day.He's different now that he's been to college.Are you …
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
DIFFERENT — See ↑ DIFFERENT 1,5, ↑ VARIOUS/OF DIFFERENT KINDS 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ along different lines • ↑ be different • …
Longman Activator English vocab
DIFFERENT — INDEX: 1. not like someone or something else 2. very different from something or someone else 3. completely different from …
Longman Activator English vocab
FISH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. piscine, ichthyo-. 25B6; verb some people were fishing in the lake : GO FISHING, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIFFERENT — adj. 25B6; adjective people with different lifestyles : DISSIMILAR, unalike, unlike, contrasting, contrastive, divergent, differing, varying, disparate; poles apart, incompatible, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIFFERENT — adj. 1 unlike, unalike, dissimilar, conflicting; contrary, discrete, contrastive, contrasting, disparate, divergent, diverse, distinct, opposite, separate, distinguishable; another or other …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
KETTLE — See: KETTLE OF FISH, POT CALLS THE KETTLE BLACK.
Словарь английских идиом
DIFFERENT — adjective 1 BAD : London is different of Hong Kong. GOOD : London is different from/to Hong Kong. BAD : …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
KETTLE — сущ. 1) металлический чайник to put a kettle up to boil ≈ поставить кипятить чайник a teakettle ≈ заварочный чайник …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FISH — I 1. сущ. 1) а) мн. часто неизм. рыба б) другие хладнокровные обитатели моря ≈ напр., крабы, устрицы и т.д. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIFFERENT — прил. 1) а) непохожий, другой, отличный (from, to, than) (по внутренней структуре, качествам и т.д.) basically, entirely, radically different ≈ …
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
FISH — fish.ogg _I 1. fıʃ n ( pl часто без измен.) 1. 1> рыба fresh-water fish - пресноводная /речная/ рыба salt-water …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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