Sentence examples of "mess kettle" in English
We wouldn't be in this mess if you'd just done what I told you.
Мы бы не попали в такие неприятности, если бы ты просто сделал то, что я тебе говорил.
Memo to the Congress: To quote that great American social philosopher Oliver Hardy, "Well, here's another nice kettle of fish you've pickled me in!"
Заметка для конгресса — цитата великого американского социального философа Оливера Харди: «Ну вот, еще одно хорошенькое дельце, в которое вы меня впутали!»
But the establishment's efforts to put a lid on the seething Thai kettle appear untenable.
Но усилия стоящих у власти, направленные на то, чтобы накрыть крышкой кипящий тайский котел, оказались тщетными.
Meaning to be funny often landed him in a mess because, like his father, he lacked the reassuring charm necessary to temper the cruelty that lurked in jokes.
Попытки шутить часто приводили его в неловкие ситуации, потому что, как и отцу, ему недоставало того успокаивающего обаяния, которое могло бы смягчить жестокость, крывшуюся в шутках.
But if the mayor's intending to descend, that's a different kettle of plaice entirely.
А теперь, когда приезжает мэр, это совсем другой коленкор.
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