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	Pronounced	Usage
Doris	DAWR-is (English), DO-ris (German)	English, German, Croatian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Osborn	AHZ-born	English
Ingram	ING-grəm	English
Nereus	NEER-oos (English), NEER-ee-əs (English)	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Baldev	-	Indian, Hindi
Zoya	ZO-yah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian