fish to fry
Example Sentences
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The campus has the Wight Art Gallery for training in practical skills, and the Hammer had bigger fish to fry.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023
At this point, the Cougars have bigger, more financially dire fish to fry.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2023
"Of course, the Fed now has bigger fish to fry, making next week's decision less dependent on the data and more reliant on how the banking turmoil evolves."
From Reuters • Mar. 15, 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
“The army has bigger fish to fry than you and your sister.”
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
