a fine state of affairs



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a fine state of affairs

A situation that has gone wrong and is very problematic. The term is an instance of irony or sarcasm. Well, this is a fine state of affairs we're in now. The client doesn't like the job we've done, and they want it fixed in less than a week.
See also: affair, fine, of, state

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Lyudmyla-Ukrainian
LutzLUWTSGerman
Jon[dʒɔn]
Shaquila-English (Rare)
Jan (2)JANEnglish
Mariannamer-ee-AN-ə (English), mar-ee-AN-ə (English), mahr-YAHN-nah (Polish)Italian, English, Hungarian, Slovak, Polish, Greek