fine how do you do



fine how do you do

an unpleasant situation. (Said with surprise.) This is a fine how do you do! Someone left a big puddle of motor oil in my driveway. John saw his girlfriend out with another young man. He walked up to her and said, "Well, isn't this a fine how do you do!"
See also: fine, how

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Sybillesee-BI-lə (German)German, French
RubenRUY-bən (Dutch)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, French, Armenian, Biblical Latin
Hieronymushee-RO-nee-muws (German)German, Dutch (Archaic), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Chihirochee-hee-ṙoJapanese
Ghassan-Arabic
Dovid-Yiddish