kettles of fish
phrase
as in holes
a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape I'm used to paddling, but those rapids are a whole other kettle of fish. Synonyms & Similar Words
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- holes
- dilemmas
- pickles
- predicaments
- swamps
- rabbit holes
- binds
- corners
- boxes
- difficulties
- sticky wickets
- spots
- rattraps
- catch-22s
- jams
- impasses
- quagmires
- hot waters
- jackpots
- mires
- catch-22's
- crises
- nodes
- troubles
- soups
- plights
- fixes
- crossroads
- straits
- emergencies
- scrapes
- clutches
- deadlocks
- quandaries
- pinches
- exigencies
- junctures
- halts
- stalemates
- standstills
- logjams
- stringendo
- stringent
- stringenter
- stringentest
- stringentlier
- stringentliest
- stringently
- stringer
- stringer lode
- stringer plate
- stringers
- stringful
- stringfuls
- stringhalt
- stringhalted
- stringhalts
- stringier
- stringiest
- stringiness
- stringinesses
- stringing
- stringing along
- stringing together
- stringing up
- stringings