| 词汇 | fry, frying |
| 释义 | (redirected from fry, frying)other fish to fryOther, more important matters to deal with. I can't worry about that now, I've got other fish to fry! I want Chris to help me with this project, but he claims he has other fish to fry right now. other fish to fryAlso, better or bigger fish to fry . More important matters to attend to, as in They asked me to help with the decorations, but I have other fish to fry. [Mid-1500s] other fish to fryInformal Other matters to attend to: He declined to come along to the movie, saying he had other fish to fry. fish to fry, to have better/bigger/otherTo have other, more important matters to attend to. Referring to fish cookery, this term dates from the seventeenth century. “I fear he has other fish to fry,” wrote John Evelyn in his Memoirs (1660). Actually, this term also appeared in an early translation of Rabelais’s Pantagruel (1552) by Motteux, but it did not seem to catch on until later. |
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