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
MilicaMEE-lee-tsah (Serbian, Croatian)Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Idelleie-DELEnglish (Rare)
KevinKEV-in (English)English, Irish, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Nekanene-KAH-neBasque
AllanAL-ənEnglish, Scottish
Saleh-Arabic