- fish to fry
- phrasal concerns or interests to pursue — usually used with other
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
fish to fry
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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
fish to fry — concerns or interests to pursue, or matters to attend to (usually other fish to fry) … Dictionary of ichthyology
fish to fry — noun A matter to attend to … Wiktionary
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 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
other fish to fry — {n. phr.}, {informal} Other things to do; other plans. * /They wanted John to be the secretary, but he had other fish to fry./ * /Mary was invited to the party but she refused because she had other fish to fry./ … Dictionary of American idioms
other fish to fry — {n. phr.}, {informal} Other things to do; other plans. * /They wanted John to be the secretary, but he had other fish to fry./ * /Mary was invited to the party but she refused because she had other fish to fry./ … Dictionary of American idioms
other\ fish\ to\ fry — n. phr. informal Other things to do; other plans. They wanted John to be the secretary, but he had other fish to fry. Mary was invited to the party but she refused because she had other fish to fry … Словарь американских идиом
other fish to fry — If you have other fish to fry, you have more important things to do. I don t think he ll attend the office party; he s got other fish to fry … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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
