Kettle of Fish (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Kettle of Fish

When a person has perplexed his affairs in general, or any particular business, he is said to have made a fine kettle of fish of it.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

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