Meaning of bigger fish to fry | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A much more pressing issue to attend to.
   idiomatic
2. A higher-valued result or target to reach.
   idiomatic

Examples

“Someone else needs to figure⟳ out the menu for the going-away party. I have⟳ bigger fish⟳ to fry.”

“Thanks for the vegan idioms, Peta, but there are bigger fish⟳ to fry [title] Trying to enforce non-meaty alternatives to phrases like⟳ ‘bring⟳ home the bacon’ will only harm⟳ the veganism cause[.]”

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