1. informal terms for a difficult situation; - Example: "he got into a terrible fix" - Example: "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
kettle of fish
n 1: informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a
terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn:
fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle
of fish]