Idiom
bigger fish to fry
Meaning
A much more pressing issue to attend to.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I cannot help you now because I have bigger fish to fry.”
“The manager ignored the minor office complaint because he had bigger fish to fry regarding the company budget.”
“While the committee debated the minor procedural changes, the director insisted they focus on the budget crisis, as there were clearly bigger fish to fry.”
Examples
simple
“I cannot help you now because I have bigger fish to fry.”
contextual
“The manager ignored the minor office complaint because he had bigger fish to fry regarding the company budget.”
complex
“While the committee debated the minor procedural changes, the director insisted they focus on the budget crisis, as there were clearly bigger fish to fry.”
Origin
An augmentative of other fish to fry.
Key words
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