Pretty nice kettle of fruit

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  • a pretty kettle of fish: an awkward mess or situation
  • a different kettle of fish: an altogether different matter or affair; a horse of another colour
  • fruit: an allusion to the orange peel which the hen pecks at on the kitchen midden
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