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other fish to fry
other fish to fry
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]
other fish to fry
Informal Other matters to attend to: He declined to come along to the movie, saying he had other fish to fry.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Fabijan | | FAH-bee-yahn (Croatian) | Croatian, Slovene |
DionÍSio | | dee-oo-NEE-zyoo (Portuguese), jee-oo-NEE-zyoo (Brazilian Portuguese) | Portuguese |
Wati | | - | Indonesian, Malay |
Thea | | TE-ah (German), THEE-ə (English) | German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English |
Jonny | | JAHN-ee | English |
&Aelig;Lfgar | | - | Anglo-Saxon |