Dreaming of kettle:
A kettle is used to boil a large quantity of water, often for making hot beverages. If you need a kettle of water, it means you have company around. You either have a large family or guests.
Dream of a shiny, clean kettle
If you dream of a shiny, clean kettle, it means you are a gracious host as you maintain a clean kettle which is ever ready to be used to make hot beverages for guests.
Dream of dirty kettle
If your kettle is dirty, or damaged, it means you are not a gracious host. For which good host would not maintain a good kettle, or buy a good kettle to replace the old one?
Dream Interpretation of Kettle as in the metaphor “kettle of fish to fry”
If you think this dream imagery is a reminder of the metaphor, then its meaning is to warn you of a tough, complicated, messy and problematic circumstance or situation. If you have a kettle of fish to fry, it can mean you have a difficult situation in your hands.
How can you fry fish in a kettle? The meaning of the noun kettle, is not just a kettle for boiling water. In the older days, a kettle could also refer to a pot, which can be used for cooking virtually anything.
Margaret Atwood’s memoir, “Book Of Lives: A Memoir Of Sorts“, talks about how her mom and other women made doughnuts using a kettle. The young children loved them and snapped up the doughnuts as soon as they were cooked.