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Noun: kettle of fish
Usage: informal
  1. A problematic situation or predicament
    "The merger created a pretty kettle of fish";
    - fix [informal], hole [informal], jam [informal], mess [informal], muddle [informal], pickle [informal], difficulty

Derived forms: kettles of fish

Type of: difficultness, difficulty

Encyclopedia: Kettle of fish