KETTLE OF FISH

Meaning of KETTLE OF FISH in English

When a person has perplexed his affairs in general, or any particular business, he is said to have made a fine kettle of fish of it.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

KETTLE OF FISH — Date: 1742 a bad state of affairs ; mess , something to be considered or reckoned with ; matter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KETTLE OF FISH — see kettle 1. : a bad state of affairs : mess , predicament here's a pretty how-de-do, here's a pretty …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KETTLE OF FISH — 1. an awkward, difficult, or bad situation; muddle; mess: He's managed to get himself into a fine kettle of fish! …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KETTLE OF FISH — Date: 1742 1. : a bad state of affairs : mess 2. : something to be considered or reckoned with …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KETTLE OF FISH — 1742 1 : a bad state of affairs : MESS 2 : something to be considered or reckoned with : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
KETTLE OF FISH — [kettle of fish] (1742) 1: a bad state of affairs: mess 2: something to be considered or reckoned with: matter …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KETTLE OF FISH — {v. phr.}, {informal} Something to be considered; how things are; a happening; business. * /I thought he needed money, but …
Slang English vocab
KETTLE OF FISH — {v. phr.}, {informal} Something to be considered; how things are; a happening; business. * /I thought he needed money, but …
Словарь английских идиом
KETTLE OF FISH — something to be considered, how things are That`s a totally different kettle of fish. We should talk about it another …
English Idioms vocab
KETTLE OF FISH — See a different kettle of fish
English Idioms vocabulary
KETTLE OF FISH — v. phr. , informal Something to be considered; how things are; a happening; business. I thought he needed money, but …
American Idioms English vocabulary
KETTLE OF FISH — a fine etc kettle of fish Here's a fine kettle of fish — Ну и дела! I've left them a …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
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
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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
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
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
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
KETTLE — kettle, K~ BrE AmE ˈket ə l AmE ˈket̬ ə l ▷ kettle|s z
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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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
FISH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. piscine, ichthyo-. 25B6; verb some people were fishing in the lake : GO FISHING, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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
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 …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
KETTLE — kettle сущ.1) металлический чайник to put a kettle up to boil — поставить кипятить чайник a teakettle — заварочный чайник …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
KETTLE — n 1. чайник ( для кипячения воды ) the kettle boils sings, boils over - чайник кипит шумит, убегает 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FISH
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
KETTLE — сущ. 1) металлический чайник to put a kettle up to boil — поставить кипятить чайник a teakettle — заварочный чайник …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FISH
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
KETTLE — сущ. 1) металлический чайник to put a kettle up to boil — поставить кипятить чайник a teakettle — заварочный чайник a kettle boils — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FISH
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FISH — 1) рыба; pl рыбы (Pisces) 2) ловить рыбу 3) ловить что-л. в воде • - actinopterygian fishes - African tiger fish - alligator fishes - American leaf …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
FISH — 1) рыба; pl рыбы ( Pisces ) 2) ловить рыбу 3) ловить что-л. в воде • - actinopterygian fishes - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
FISH
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
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