kettle of fish kettle net • kettle stitch · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · kettle of fish · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 14 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) informal terms for a difficult situation. Synonyms: fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish. Examples: "He got into a terrible fix." "He made a muddle of his marriage." · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · fix · · Synonym 1 hole · · Synonym 2 jam · · Synonym 3 mess · · Synonym 4 muddle · · Synonym 5 pickle · · Synonym 6 Characters · · space U+0020 e latin small letter e U+0065 f latin small letter f U+0066 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 k latin small letter k U+006B l latin small letter l U+006C o latin small letter o U+006F s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074