other fish to fry
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"If anyone had a right to feel maybe insulted or upset, I think it might be me, but it doesn't worry me because we have got other fish to fry."
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2022
"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
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
“No! no!” replied the puppy-dog, “I’ve other fish to fry; For I must learn to guard your house, And bark when thieves come nigh.”
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk by Wheeler, Daniel Edwin
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