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
Sammi	SAM-ee	English (Rare)
Zina	-	Russian
Bartholomaios	-	Biblical Greek
Leonie	LE-o-nee (German), lay-o-NEE (Dutch)	German, Dutch
Portia	PAWR-shə	English
Alcuin	['ælkwin]