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.
The phrase originates from 19th-century England, where "kettle of fish" referred to a cooking method where fish was boiled in a kettle at social gatherings. Saying "that's a different kettle of fish" meant something was distinct or separate, similar to how different fish would be in separate kettles.
In the south
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!
It means that they are gay.
JUAN: The Canadians took everything: our passports, our phones, and even our sunscreen. ELOISE: Well, this is a fine kettle of fish.
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!"
Boiling. Just as cracking is a type of breaking, kettle is a type of device used for boiling water or other liquid.
''not my kettle of fish always makes me chuckle!