- bigger fish to fry
- more important people to meet or do business with
Don't bother fighting with him. You've got bigger fish to fry.
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bigger fish to fry
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bigger fish to fry — If you aren t interested in something because it isn t important to you and there are more important things for you to do, you have bigger fish to fry … The small dictionary of idiomes
bigger fish to fry — If you aren t interested in something because it isn t important to you and there are more important things for you to do, you have bigger fish to fry. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Bigger fish to fry — If you aren t interested in something because it isn t important to you and there are more important things for you to do, you have bigger fish to fry … Dictionary of English idioms
bigger fish to fry — noun a) A much more pressing issue to attend to. b) A higher valued result or target to reach. See Also: other fish to fry … Wiktionary
have other (or bigger) fish to fry — have more important matters to attend to. → fish … English new 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
bigger fish to fry — something better or more important to do … Dictionary of ichthyology
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 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
