Question

a pretty kettle of fish make a meaningful sentence
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Answer 1

Answer:

There was a pretty kettle of fish in the office .

Explanation:

a pretty kettle of fish means real mess

Answer 2

1. The bureaucrat was in a pretty kettle of fish after being caught suddenly in a bribery case red-handedly.
2. He somehow managed to come out of the pretty kettle of fish

The idiomatic phrase 'pretty kettle of fish' means to be in a really awkward or embarrassing situation, to be caught in a mess, bad state of affairs, and not knowing what to do.

1. Like in the above-stated example, (1) the bureaucrat is caught suddenly and red-handedly, so he/she could not do anything to save himself from that bad situation. It would be embarrassing in front of others to get caught legally.
2. In the second example, the subject has managed to come out of some messy situation referring to a pretty kettle of fish.