fish to fry

Example Sentences

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At this point, the Cougars have bigger, more financially dire fish to fry.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2023

His science minister, Michelle Donelan, said there were "bigger fish to fry", when asked if she would have a problem with a knighthood for Johnson's father.

From Reuters • Mar. 6, 2023

"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

So let's not get too worked up about it: There are bigger fish to fry.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2022

He took it up and looked at it out of curiosity and put it in his pocket to count it while he was out to find some fish to fry.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston