1 general:: Phrase(s): a 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!"
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs