Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun how-d'ye-do

1 sense of how-d'ye-do

Sense 1
how-do-you-do, how-d'ye-do -- (an awkward situation; "that's a fine how-d'ye-do")
       => situation -- (a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple")