have other fish to fry

have other fish to fry
To have more important things to do.

I have other fish to fry; so good-morrow, my ladies all, good-morrow.


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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 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

  • 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 other fish to fry — have other things to do; have other concerns …   English contemporary 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

  • 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 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, 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 — to have something more important or more interesting to do. I couldn t spend a lot of time on the problem – I had other fish to fry …   New idioms dictionary

  • 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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