have other fish to fry

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to have bigger fish to fry

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Signifoj

[1] (idiomaĵo) To have more important things to do.

1. • (1710) Jonathan Swift, The Journal to Stella, ch. 2, Letter 15:

     I have other fish to fry; so good-morrow, my ladies all, good-morrow.

   • 1849, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley, ch. 20:

     Your uncle will not return yet; he has other fish to fry; he will be galloping backwards and forwards from Briarfield to Stilbro' all day.

   • 1905, George Bernard Shaw, The Irrational Knot, ch. 15:

     "May I ask whether you will be persuaded to come?"

     "No, for certain. I have other fish to fry here."

Tradukoj

 to have more important things to do  

franca: avoir d'autres chats à fouetter → fr to have other cats to whip

germana: [1] Wichtigeres zu tun haben → de, Besseres zu tun haben → de hispana: [1] tener cosas más importantes que hacer → es