[muglo] Re: "kettle of fish" [VERY OFF]
- From: emedzon <emedzon@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 01:00:24 -0500
If you Google "kettle of fish" you get
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ket1.htm
The Webster English Dict. quotes W.S.Gilbert, "There's a pretty how do you
do. There's a pretty kettle of fish".
Brewer's Dict. of Phrase and Fable confirms the idea of a salmon catch which
is boiled and eaten under uncomfortable conditions. They quote Scott's
St.Roman's Well, ch. XII.
Etymology libre!
Ted.
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