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неудовлетворительная ситуация, неразбериха"This is a fine kettle of fish. What will we do without the water in our house?" -
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3 kettle of fish
Буквально «рыбный котелок», котелок, в котором варят рыбу. В пограничных областях Шотландии раньше устраивали прибрежные пикники, где ловили и ели форель. Такой пикник тогда называли a kettle of fish. Сейчас a kettle of fish или чаще a pretty/a fine/a nice kettle of fish обозначает неприятную ситуацию. Это выражение переводится по-разному, в зависимости от контекста: хорошенькое дело!, веселенькая история!, вот так история получилась!, вот тебе и раз!, ну и дела творятся!, вот так номер! и т. п. Выражение that's a different kettle of fish или that's quite another kettle of fish значит «это совсем из другой оперы». -
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6 kettle of fish
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7 a fine kettle of fish
разг.неразбериха; ≈ сам чёрт ногу сломит!, ну и каша заварилась!; весёленькая история!, хорошенькое дело!, ну и дела творятся!When she had gone Soames reached for the letter. ‘A pretty kettle of fish,’ he muttered. ‘Where it'll end, I can't tell!’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘The White Monkey’, part III, ch. VIII) — Когда она ушла, Сомс протянул руку за письмом. - Ну и заварилась каша, - пробормотал он, - не знаю, чем все это кончится!
To my dismay I discovered that it did not amuse me at all. Here was a pretty kettle of fish! (W. S. Maugham, ‘Plays’, ‘Preface’) — К своему ужасу я обнаружил, что моя пьеса совершенно не позабавила меня. Хорошенькое дело!
‘Well, if they're going to sack me, Eliot,’ he said, ‘I've left them a nice kettle of fish.’ (C. P. Snow, ‘The New Men’, part II, ch. 10) — - Ну и что ж, Элиот, - сказал министр. - Пусть они увольняют меня. я им оставляю дела в таком положении, что сам черт ногу сломит.
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8 a fine etc kettle of fish
n infmlI've left them a nice kettle of fish — Я им все оставил в таком виде, что черт ногу сломит
A pretty kettle of fish. Where I'll end, I can't say — Ну и каша заварилась. Чем все это кончится, я не знаю
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > a fine etc kettle of fish
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9 a fine (nice or pretty) kettle of fish
paзг.I. n phrнepaзбepиxa, путaницa; здecь caм чёpт нoгу cлoмит'Well, if they are going to sack me, Eliot,' he said, 'I've left them a nice kettle of fish' (C. P. Snow). To my dismay I discovered that it [пьeca] did not amuse me at all. Here was a pretty kettle of fish! (W. S. Maugham)II. int phrну и ну!, вoт тe нa!; ну и кaшa зaвapилacь!, ну и дeлa твopятcя!; xopoшeнькoe дeлo!When she had gone Soames reached for the letter. 'A pretty kettle of fish,' he muttered. 'Where it'll end,-1 can't tell!' (J. Gals worthy) A (или one's)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > a fine (nice or pretty) kettle of fish
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10 for it be a fine kettle of fish
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11 another kettle of fish
paзг.этo coвceм дpугoe дeлo; этo coвceм дpугoй кoлeнкopYou may be able to read French well but you'll see it's quite a different kettle of fish to speak it fluently -
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разг.это совсем другое дело; ≈ это совсем другой коленкорBut after all they're very different kettles of fish, aren't they? (J. B. Priestley, ‘London End’, ch. 7) — Но ведь премьер-министр и лидер оппозиции совершенно разные люди, не так ли?
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13 fine kettle of fish
идиом.ну и дела|| This a fine kettle of fish. I've lost my wallet. — Ну и дела! Я потерял бумажник.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > fine kettle of fish
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14 that's a different kettle of fish
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15 a pretty kettle of fish
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17 this is a different kettle of fish
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18 (a) pretty kettle of fish
a pretty (quite a) kettle of fish веселенькая история! /хорошенькое дельце!English-Russian combinatory dictionary > (a) pretty kettle of fish
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19 a different kettle of fish
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20 a nice kettle of fish
cм. a fine kettle of fish
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kettle of fish — 1. an awkward, difficult, or bad situation; muddle; mess: He s managed to get himself into a fine kettle of fish! 2. a state of affairs; a matter under consideration: The new proposal is quite a different kettle of fish from the last one. [1735… … Universalium
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