phrase

• An awkward state of affairs.

  More example sentences

  • ‘when Carla was back in Rome, she found a fine kettle of fish’
  • ‘Jason must inform her that he's gotten himself into a fine kettle of fish by taking over the reigns from Sonny.’

  Synonyms

  predicament, plight, tight corner, tight spot, ticklish situation, tricky situation, problem, quandary, dilemma, crisis, mess, muddle