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Meanings of pretty kettle in English

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Usage of pretty kettle in English
1
And a pretty kettle of fish they make of it between them.
Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy
2
That is a pretty kettle of fish that is boiling there.
The mandala of sherlock holmes: the missing years
3
There will be a pretty kettle of fish if he comes down about it!
Modern Broods; Or, Developments Unlooked For
4
Here was a pretty kettle of fish indeed, and it was all of his brewing.
Captivating Mary Carstairs
5
It's a pretty kettle of fish as it stands.
Through the Fray: A Tale of the Luddite Riots
6
A very pretty kettle of fish, I must say!
The Man with the Clubfoot
7
To be sure I am; and a pretty kettle of fish you have made of it.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843
8
Here was certainly a pretty kettle of fish.
The Loudwater Mystery
9
You have made a pretty kettle of fish.
Desk and Debit; or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk
10
Finally, we had a pretty kettle of fish.
Marse Henry (Volume 1) / An Autobiography
11
A pretty kettle of fish if someone spotted her while I was holding for the rise!
A Chair on the Boulevard
12
Here was indeed a pretty kettle of fish!
Memoirs
13
Well, this is a pretty kettle of fish!
Kennedy Square
14
This was a pretty kettle of fish.
Greenmantle
15
Be a pretty kettle o' fish if after that speech of your'n, you weren't in the company.
That Printer of Udell's: A Story of the Middle West
16
It was a pretty kettle of fish!
The Hollow of Her Hand
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