What does menuda papeleta mean?

ExpressionColoquial

what a tough spot

Una papeleta is a problem that has landed on you and cannot be dodged: the papeleta was a raffle ticket, hence the sense of being dealt it. Menudo/menuda in front of a noun is a highly productive ironic intensifier: menuda papeleta, menudo marrón, menudo lío.

Le han puesto a él a dar la noticia. Menuda papeleta.

Sympathy, and relief that it is not you.

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