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kettle of fish

  1. a difficult or embarrassing situation
  2. a matter to be dealt with

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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