bigger fish to fry en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
An augmentative of other fish to fry.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) A much more pressing issue to attend to.
Clyde’d been right about one thing—she had bigger fish to fry, and that included figuring out what Lucifer’s next move was.
2009, Dakota Cassidy, chapter 7, in Kiss & Hell, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Sensation, →ISBN, page 105:Someone else needs to figure out the menu for the going-away party. I have bigger fish to fry.
Thanks for the vegan idioms, Peta, but there are bigger fish to fry [title] Trying to enforce non-meaty alternatives to phrases like ‘bring home the bacon’ will only harm the veganism cause[.]
2018 December 6, Jessica Brown, “Thanks for the vegan idioms, Peta, but there are bigger fish to fry”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- (idiomatic) A higher-valued result or target to reach.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| bigger fish to fry | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
big picture · bigger fish in the sea · gestalt · gist · the forest for the trees · overview · grand scheme · bird's-eye view