bigger fish to fry »
A higher valued result or target to reach.
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bigger fish to fry »
A much more pressing issue to attend to.
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catch-as-catch-can »
A. 1681, John Fryer, Richard Chiswell, Robert Roberts, Robert White, A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters, Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672 and Finished 1681.
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chopped liver »
A Jewish food made by frying liver and onions in schmaltz.
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fish to fry »
A matter to attend to.
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fry up »
Full English breakfast.
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frying pan »
cooking utensil
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greasy spoon »
An inexpensive diner or other informal restaurant, especially one specializing in frying or grilling.
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have bats in one's belfry »
To be crazy or eccentric.
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have other fish to fry »
C. 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Journal to Stella, ch. 2, Letter 15.
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have other fish to fry »
To have more important things to do.
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out of the frying pan, into the fire »
From an already bad situation to a worse one.
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small fry »
One or more children.
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small fry »
One or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.
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small fry »
One or more small or immature fish.
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