have other fish to fry
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- [1] (idiomaĵo) To have more important things to do.
- (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."
- (1710) Jonathan Swift, The Journal to Stella, ch. 2, Letter 15:
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