fish to fry, have other

fish to fry, have other
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A concise dictionary of English slang (2nd edition) . . 2015.

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  • have other fish to fry — To have something else to do or attend to • • • Main Entry: ↑fish * * * have bigger/​other fish to fry phrase to have more important things to do or think about Thesaurus: to be busysynonym Main entry: fish …   Useful english dictionary

  • have other (or bigger) fish to fry — have more important matters to attend to. → fish …   English new terms dictionary

  • have other fish to fry — ► have other (or bigger) fish to fry have more important matters to attend to. Main Entry: ↑fish …   English terms dictionary

  • have bigger fish to fry — ► have other (or bigger) fish to fry have more important matters to attend to. Main Entry: ↑fish …   English terms dictionary

  • have bigger fish to fry — have bigger/​other fish to fry phrase to have more important things to do or think about Thesaurus: to be busysynonym Main entry: fish * * * have bigger/other fish to ˈfry idiom to have more important or more interesting things to do Main entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • have other fish to fry — have bigger/other fish to fry to have something more important or more interesting to do. I couldn t waste my time trying to reach an agreement with them, I had other fish to fry …   New idioms dictionary

  • fish to fry — informal : things to do or deal with We ll have to address that problem tomorrow. Right now we ve got other/bigger fish to fry. [=we ve got other/bigger problems that we need to give our attention to] • • • Main Entry: ↑fish fish to fry see ↑fish …   Useful english dictionary

  • have bigger fish to fry — have bigger/other fish to fry to have something more important or more interesting to do. I couldn t waste my time trying to reach an agreement with them, I had other fish to fry …   New idioms dictionary

  • other fish to fry — If you have other fish to fry, it doesn t matter if one opportunity fails to materialise as you have plenty of others …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • other fish to fry — have more important things to do I think he has other fish to fry and will not be content to continue with his current job …   Idioms and examples

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