Kettle of fish (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Informal terms for a difficult situation
Example:
he made a muddle of his marriage
Synonyms:
fix; hole; jam; kettle of fish; mess; muddle; pickle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("kettle of fish" is a kind of...):
difficulty (a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kettle of fish"):
dog's breakfast; dog's dinner (a poor job; a mess)