kettle of fish
英 [ˈketl ɒv fɪʃ]
美 [ˈketl əv fɪʃ]
网络 两码事; 野炊; 乱七八糟
英英释义
noun
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- he got into a terrible fix
- he made a muddle of his marriage
双语例句
- He knows all about computers but being able to explain them to others is a different kettle of fish.
关于电脑他全懂，可是能向别人解释就是完全不同的事了。 - You mean in case someone is trying to steal your bamboo sleeping mat or your kettle of fish?
你是说像有人想偷你的竹席或鱼缸之类的事？ - Well, if they're going to sack me, I've left them a nice kettle of fish.
好吧，要是他们解雇我的话，我就留给他们一副烂摊子。 - The new proposal is quite a different kettle of fish from the last one.
新建议与旧建议完全是两回事。 - It is a nice kettle of fish! I have a stomachache.
这是一锅好鱼，（可惜）我胃痛。 - Now this was a pretty kettle of fish. I have never liked New York as a place of residence, and to be compelled by police to live there was, I thought, laying it on a bit thick.
这真糟糕。我从来不喜欢以纽约为住处。因之被警察逼着住在那里，我觉得实在受不了。 - He had two flat tires and no spare on a country road, which was certainly a pretty kettle of fish.
夜里在乡村小路上，他的车子两个轮胎漏气了，又没有备用轮胎，他肯定难办死了。 - No, that's a different kettle of fish.
不，那是不同的一壶鱼。 - Of course their economic policy is a different kettle of fish altogether.
当然他们的经济政策完全是另一回事。 - So you think you are going to be prosecuted for careless driving; that's a fine kettle of fish.
困此你认为你将会被人告发野蛮行车，那就糟糕了。