Related Words for kettle of fish

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fix
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Verb, Noun
hole
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Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective
jam
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
mess
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Verb, Noun, Verb
muddle
/x
Verb, Noun, Verb
pickle
/x
Verb, Noun, Verb
fanny
/x
Name
odd fish
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Phrase, Noun
hot potato
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
fish
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Noun
queer fish
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Phrase, Noun
willy
/x
Name
soup
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Noun
goldfish
/x
Noun
quagmire
/xx
Noun
hot mess
//
Phrase, Noun
spaghetti
x/x
Noun
floater
/x
Noun
skid row
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Phrase, Noun
dead duck
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Phrase, Noun
mong
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Noun
bugger
/x
Noun
bucket
/x
Noun
fishmonger
/xx
Noun
rockfish
/x
Noun
choker
/x
Noun
crank
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Noun
gaff
/
Noun
gomer
/x
Name
flop
/
Noun
pain in the neck
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
sargasso
x/x
Name
bilge
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Noun
smelt
/
Noun
fiddle
/x
Noun
pitchfork
/x
Noun
gish
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Name
wooden spoon
/x/
Phrase, Noun
catty
/x
Noun
basket
/x
Noun
piggy in the middle
/xxx/x
Phrase, Noun
small fry
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Phrase, Noun
bag of bones
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Phrase, Noun
snapper
/x
Noun
smoke
/
Noun
gooseberry
/xx
Noun
dirty pool
/x/
Phrase, Noun
soldier
/x
Noun
rooster
/x
Noun
nasty
/x
Adjective
beanbag
/x
Noun
swine
/
Noun
yoke
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Noun
odds and ends
///
Phrase, Noun
dish
/
Noun
nugget
/x
Noun
fart
/
Noun
pepper pot
/x/
Phrase, Noun
amphibians
x/xx
Noun
anchovy
x/x
Noun
angle
/x
Noun, Verb
anglers
/x
Noun
animal
/xx
Noun, Adjective
aquaculture
/xxx
Noun
aquatic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
bass
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bird
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
black
/
Adjective, Name, Verb
blue
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
boil
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Noun, Verb
boiler
/x
Noun
bottle
/x
Noun, Verb
bowl
/
Noun, Verb
box
/
Noun, Verb
brush
/
Noun, Verb
calabash
xx/
Noun
capture
/x
Verb, Noun
carp
/
Noun, Verb
cask
/
Noun, Verb
cat
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
catch
/
Verb, Noun
catfish
/x
Noun, Verb
cauldron
/x
Noun
chairwoman
/xx
Noun
char
/
Noun, Verb
charcoal
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chicken
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
chump
/
Noun, Verb
clams
/
Noun
coal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
cod
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
codfish
/x
Noun
coffee
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cook
/
Noun, Verb
crab
/
Noun, Verb
crayfish
/x
Noun, Verb
crock
/
Noun, Verb
crocodile
/xx
Noun, Verb
curd
/
Noun, Verb
dace
/
Noun
dogfish
/x
Noun
drum
/
Noun, Verb
eel
/
Noun, Verb
face
/
Noun, Verb
fall guy
//
Phrase, Noun
fang
/
Name, Verb
farina
x/x
Noun
fin
/
Noun, Verb
fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fisheries
/xx
Noun
fisherman
/xx
Noun
fishers
/x
Noun
fishy
/x
Adjective
food
/
Noun
fool
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
fowl
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
freshwater
/xx
Noun, Adjective
fry
/
Noun, Verb
game
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
game fish
//
Phrase, Noun
glue
/
Noun, Verb
goat
/
Noun, Verb
gold
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
groundfish
/x
Noun, Verb
gull
/
Noun, Verb
habitat
/xx
Noun
haddock
/x
Noun
hake
/
Noun, Verb
halibut
/xx
Noun
harvest
/x
Noun, Verb
harvesters
/xx
Noun
hatchery
/xx
Noun
hemispheric
xx/x
Adjective
herrings
/x
Noun
hoop
/
Noun, Verb
increasingly
x/xx
Adverb
ink
/
Noun, Verb
jar
/
Noun, Verb
jug
/
Noun, Verb
kettles
/x
Noun
ladle
/x
Noun, Verb
lamp
/
Noun, Verb
lateral line organ
/xx//x
Phrase, Noun
live
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Verb, Adjective, Adverb
lizard
/x
Noun
lobsters
/x
Noun
mackerel
/xx
Noun
mammals
/x
Noun
marine
x/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
mark
/
Noun, Verb
marlin
/x
Noun
meat
/
Noun
mercury
/xx
Noun
milt
/
Name, Verb
molluscs
/x
Noun
mosses
/x
Noun
mud
/
Noun, Verb
mug
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
mullet
/x
Noun
mussels
/x
Noun
ocean
/x
Noun
oven
/x
Noun, Verb
oyster
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pail
/
Noun
paper
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
patsy
/x
Name
peach
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
peaches
/x
Verb
pellet
/x
Noun, Verb
pewter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
pisces
/x
Name
pole
/
Noun, Verb
pot
/
Noun, Verb
prawn
/
Noun, Verb
quarry
/x
Noun, Verb
reptile
/x
Noun, Adjective
reptilian
x/x
Adjective, Noun
rib
/
Noun, Verb
river
/x
Noun, Verb
roe
/
Noun
rookie
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
salmon
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
saucepan
/x
Noun, Verb
saucer
/x
Noun, Verb
scales
/
Noun
scallop
/x
Noun, Verb
screw
/
Noun, Verb
sea
/
Noun
seafood
/x
Noun
seine
/
Noun, Verb
shad
/
Noun
shark
/
Noun, Verb
shellfish
/x
Noun
shrimp
/
Noun, Verb
sieve
/
Noun, Verb
sin
/
Noun, Verb
skillet
/x
Noun, Verb
sludge
/
Noun, Verb
slurry
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
snails
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Adjective
snake
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Noun, Verb
sockeye
/x
Noun