kettle

a different kettle of fish a completely different matter or type of person from the one previously mentioned. informal

1993Empire Meryl is the finest actress of her generation but Arnold is, er, a different kettle of fish.

the pot calling the kettle black: seepot.

a pretty (or fine) kettle of fish an awkward state of affairs. informal

☞ In late 18th-century Scotland, a kettle of fish was a large saucepan of fish, typically freshly caught salmon, cooked at Scottish picnics, and the term was also applied to the picnic itself. By the mid 18th century, the novelist Henry Fielding was using the phrase to mean 'a muddle'.

词组	kettle
释义	kettle a different kettle of fish a completely different matter or type of person from the one previously mentioned. informal 1993Empire Meryl is the finest actress of her generation but Arnold is, er, a different kettle of fish. the pot calling the kettle black: seepot. a pretty (or fine) kettle of fish an awkward state of affairs. informal ☞ In late 18th-century Scotland, a kettle of fish was a large saucepan of fish, typically freshly caught salmon, cooked at Scottish picnics, and the term was also applied to the picnic itself. By the mid 18th century, the novelist Henry Fielding was using the phrase to mean 'a muddle'.
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