HAVE OTHER (OR BIGGER) FISH TO FRY

Meaning of HAVE OTHER (OR BIGGER) FISH TO FRY in English

have other ( or bigger) fish to fry

have more important matters to attend to.

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HAVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIGGER — dako;mas dako
English-Visayan vocabulary
OTHER — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ōther; akin to Old High German andar ~, Sanskrit antara Date: before …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FISH — I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold-blooded vertebrate s found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species …
Английский словарь Британика
OTHER — I. ˈəthə(r) adjective Etymology: Middle English, adjective, noun, pron., & adverb, from Old English ōther, adjective, noun, & pron.; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAVE — I. (|)hav, (|)hev; as an auxiliary “ or _(h)əv or after a vowel v; before “to” usually |haf or |hef …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FRY — I. ˈfrī verb ( fried ; fried ; frying ; fries ) Etymology: Middle English frien, from Old French frire, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FISH
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIGGER — comparative of big
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FRY — (v. t.) To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive …
Английский словарь Webster
BIGGER — (a.) compar. of Big.
Английский словарь Webster
FRY — ( v. t. ) To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BIGGER — ( a. ) compar. of Big.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OTHER — /udh"euhr/ , adj. 1. additional or further: he and one other person. 2. different or distinct from the one mentioned …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAVE — /hav/ ; unstressed /heuhv, euhv/ ; for 26 usually /haf/ , v. and auxiliary v., pres. sing. 1st pers. have …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FRY — fry 1 — fryable , adj. /fruy/ , v. , fried, frying , n. , pl. fries . v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FISH — — fishless , adj. /fish/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) fish , ( esp. referring to two …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OTHER — I. ˈə-thər adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ōther; akin to Old High German andar other, Sanskrit antara Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FRY — I. ˈfrī verb ( fried ; fry·ing ) Etymology: Middle English frien, from Anglo-French frire, from Latin frigere to roast; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FISH
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OTHER — adv otherwise. 2. other ·pron & ·adj left, as opposed to right. 3. other ·pron & ·adj not this, but …
Webster English vocab
FRY — noun the young of any fish. 2. fry ·noun a dish of anything fried. 3. fry ·vi to be agitated; …
Webster English vocab
FISH — pl of fish. 2. fish ·noun the flesh of fish, used as food. 3. fish ·noun a counter, used in …
Webster English vocab
BIGGER — adj compar. of big.
Webster English vocab
OTHER
Concise Oxford English vocab
OTHER — [oth.er] adj [ME, fr. OE other; akin to OHG andar other, Skt antara] (bef. 12c) 1 a: being the one …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FRY — [fry] vb fried ; fry.ing [ME frien, fr. OF frire, fr. L frigere to roast; akin to Gk phrygein to …
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FISH — [fish] n, pl fish or fish.es often attrib [ME, fr. OE fisc; akin to OHG fisc fish, L piscis] (bef. …
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FISH
Britannica English vocabulary
OTHER — / ˈʌðə(r); NAmE / adjective , pronoun 1. used to refer to people or things that are additional or different …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAVE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FRY — / fraɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( fries , fry·ing , fried , fried ) 1. to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FISH
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OTHER — oth ‧ er S1 W1 /ˈʌðə $ ˈʌðər/ BrE AmE determiner , adjective , pronoun [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HAVE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FRY — I. ˌFrench ˈfry BrE AmE ( also fry ) noun ( plural French fries ) [countable usually plural] especially American …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FISH
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OTHER — adj., n. or pron., & adv. --adj. 1 not the same as one or some already mentioned or implied; separate …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FRY — v. & n. --v. (fries, fried) 1 tr. & intr. cook or be cooked in hot fat. 2 tr. & …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FISH — n. & v. --n. (pl. same or fishes) 1 a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OTHER — adj., n. or pron., & adv. adj. 1 not the same as one or some already mentioned or implied; separate …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FRY — v. & n. v. (fries, fried) 1 tr. & intr. cook or be cooked in hot fat. 2 tr. & …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FISH — n. & v. n. (pl. same or fishes) 1 a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OTHER — adj., n. or pron., & adv. --adj. 1. not the same as one or some already mentioned or implied; separate …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
FRY — 1. v. & n. --v. (fries, fried) 1. tr. & intr. cook or be cooked in hot fat. 2 tr. …
Oxford English vocab
FISH — 1. n. & v. --n. (pl. same or fishes) 1. a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly …
Oxford English vocab
HAVE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OTHER — ( others) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: When 'other' follows the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FRY — ( fries, frying, fried) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FISH — ( fish, or fishes, fishes, fishing, fished) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OTHER — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: When '~' follows the determiner …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FRY — (fries, ~ing, fried) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
OTHER
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FRY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cooked/fried breakfast (= bacon, egg, toast etc ) ▪ Do you feel like …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FISH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fish pond a fishing boat ▪ The fishing boats go out to sea …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OTHER — [determiner]Where's the other key for this cupboard?I've found one earring - do you know where the other one is?What did …
Cambridge English vocab
FRY — (COOK) [verb] - to cook (food) in hot oil or fatPut a little oil into the pan and quickly fry …
Cambridge English vocab

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