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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 |
Stearns | | [stɜ:nz] | |
Princess | | PRIN-ses, PRINT-səs, prin-SES | English (Modern) |
Leilani | | lay-LAH-nee | Hawaiian |
Batraz | | - | Ossetian, Caucasian Mythology |
Morna | | - | Irish, Scottish |
Issac | | IE-zək | English |