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
ErmentrudER-men-trootGerman (Archaic)
Hyacinthe-French
DagmarDAHK-mahr (German), DAHG-mahr (Finnish)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak, Finnish
Sybellasi-BEL-əEnglish (Rare)
Queralt-Catalan
MÄRta-Swedish