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单词 kettle of fish
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
kettle of fish, 
    1. an awkward, difficult, or bad situation;
      muddle;
      mess:He's managed to get himself into a fine kettle of fish!
    2. a state of affairs;
      a matter under consideration:The new proposal is quite a different kettle of fish from the last one.
    • 1735–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
kettle of fish n
  1. a situation; state of affairs (often used ironically in the phrase a pretty or fine kettle of fish)
  2. case; matter for consideration: that's quite a different kettle of fish
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