fish to fry
Example Sentences
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"I've also got a big shipment of herring which is a wonderful and a very traditional Shetland fish to fry."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The stock market has bigger fish to fry this summer than a bump in oil prices.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
At this point, the Cougars have bigger, more financially dire fish to fry.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2023
His science minister, Michelle Donelan, said there were "bigger fish to fry", when asked if she would have a problem with a knighthood for Johnson's father.
From Reuters ● Mar. 6, 2023
He took it up and looked at it out of curiosity and put it in his pocket to count it while he was out to find some fish to fry.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
