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}]

English Dictionary: kettle of fish	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kettleful n the quantity a kettle will hold [syn: kettle, kettleful]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kettle \Ket"tle\ (k[ecr]t"t'l), n. [OE. ketel; cf. AS. cetel,       cetil, cytel; akin to D. kjedel, G. kessel, OHG. chezzil,       Icel. ketill, SW. kittel, Dan. kjedel, Goth. katils; all       perh. fr. L. catillus, dim. of catinus a deep vessel, bowl;       but cf. also OHG. chezz[c6] kettle, Icel. kati small ship.]       A metallic vessel, with a wide mouth, often without a cover,       used for heating and boiling water or other liguids.          {Kettle pins}, ninepins; skittles. [Obs.] --Shelton.          {Kettle stitch} (Bookbinding), the stitch made in sewing at             the head and tail of a book. --Knight.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Kettle Falls, WA (city, FIPS 35485)       Location: 48.60600 N, 118.05891 W       Population (1990): 1272 (528 housing units)       Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 99141