This usually appears as "a fine kettle of fish."
The origin is unclear, but it usually describes a situation where everything has gone wrong.
For example "I locked myself out of my car, I got a parking ticket and my recovery service took two hours to reach me. It's a fine kettle of fish!"
A kettle fish is a slang term. The phrase kettle fish means an awkward, difficult or very bad situation; muddle; or a mess of a problem. A person does not want to be in a kettle of fish.
Please bring the kettle of fish to the side table.
Kettle of Fish - 2006 is rated/received certificates of: Portugal:M/12 Singapore:NC-16 USA:R
it means you smell like fish!
JUAN: The Canadians took everything: our passports, our phones, and even our sunscreen. ELOISE: Well, this is a fine kettle of fish.
The phrase, 'a different kettle of fish', can be used in varying contexts and can indicate that a topic being spoken of is much different or that something is an anomaly when compared to what is expected. For instance, if two people are having a discussion and the first person mentions something the second person considers to be outlandish or changes the subject to something the second person does not have knowledge of, the second person could exclaim, 'Now that, my friend, is a different kettle of fish!'
Kettle and Hob - Fob Watch.
Boiling. Just as cracking is a type of breaking, kettle is a type of device used for boiling water or other liquid.
A fish kettle is a cooking vessel used to cook a whole fish, such as the whole salmon that I cooked for a birthday meal. The one I used was aout 18 inches long and tokup space on two burners on my hob.
From a Laurel & Hardy movie.
''not my kettle of fish always makes me chuckle!
The Good Guys - 1968 A Fine Kettle of Fish 2-14 was released on: USA: 2 January 1970