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
Violetabyo-LE-tah (Spanish)Romanian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Lithuanian
XerxesZURK-seez (English)History
Athy['æθi]
Veta-Macedonian
Cai (1)-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Chinedu-Western African, Igbo