Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1905 — A Kettle of Fish. [ARTICLE]

A Kettle of Fish.

The phrase “a kettle of fish,” meaning an awkward entanglement, most probably has no connection with onr word kettle, a vessel in which water is boiled. It has been with much reason derived from the word "kiddle;** French "quidel,” a stake fence set In a stream for catching fish. Inspector Walpole reminds us that this kldellus net, or kiddle was mentioned in Magna Cbarta and in other early statutes. —London Standard.