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other fish to fry
Idioms and Phrases
Also, better or bigger fish to fry . More important matters to attend to, as in They asked me to help with the decorations, but I have other fish to fry . [Mid-1500s]Example Sentences
"If anyone had a right to feel maybe insulted or upset, I think it might be me, but it doesn't worry me because we have got other fish to fry."
I said, “Oh! It’s silly to try this. I have other fish to fry.â€
“We have so many other fish to fry,†said Robin Raphel, a former assistant secretary of state for South Asia who is a senior associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies think-tank.
"We have so many other fish to fry," said Robin Raphel, a former assistant secretary of State for South Asia who is a senior associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies think-tank.
“Here we are in a situation we have not been thinking about because we had other fish to fry,†she said.
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