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fry up

idiom
Meaning

a breakfast made of tomatoes, scrambled eggs, fried eggs, bacon, sausages, hash browns, baked beans, black pudding, chips, toast and mushrooms (or any combination thereof); full English breakfast


Examples
SIMPLE

We usually have a big fry up on Sunday morning.

CONTEXTUAL

After a long night out, we went to the local cafe for a greasy fry up.

COMPLEX

The hotel kitchen serves a traditional fry up every morning, complete with black pudding and grilled tomatoes, to satisfy the hungriest travelers.

Anchors to
Related idioms4entries
  1. 01

    bigger fish to fry

    A much more pressing issue to attend to.

  2. 02

    fish to fry

    A matter to attend to.

  3. 03

    have other fish to fry

    To have more important things to do.

  4. 04

    small fry

    One or more relatively small and insignificant individuals or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.

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