other fish to fry
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"We have so many other fish to fry," said Robin Raphel, a former assistant secretary of State for South Asia who is a senior associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies think-tank.
From Reuters ● Apr. 3, 2022
And as Le Monde pointed out, France's conspiracy theorists have other fish to fry.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2021
As it turns out, the administration has other fish to fry at the moment.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2019
"We have quite important other fish to fry with the Russians," Brenton told the radio station Thursday.
From US News ● Jan. 21, 2016
How he gave the faithful priest other fish to fry, to cause him to forget his own hoggish life Chap. xxi.:
From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Hans Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen
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