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Another kettle of fish vs Another turn of the screw

another kettle of fish —(also: different kettle of fish, a) a completely different matter or situation:

  • I’d driven an automatic for years but learning to handle a car with gears was another kettle of fish altogether.

another turn of the screw—an action which makes a bad situation worse, especially in order to force a person to do smth.:

  • Each letter from my bank manager was another turn of the screw.

Note: Neither expression correlates in meaning with the phrase another side on the boat—an alternative way of doing smth.:

  • There is another side on the boat; you don’t have to do it that way.

See also: other side of the coin, the / other side of the hill, the.