HAVE BIGGER / OTHER FISH TO FRY

Meaning of HAVE BIGGER / OTHER FISH TO FRY in English

to have more important or more interesting things to do

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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
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 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FISH — [fish] n, pl fish or fish.es often attrib [ME, fr. OE fisc; akin to OHG fisc fish, L piscis] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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 …
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
FISH — n. fish farming fish duck fish hawk archer fish blind fish bony fish fish poisoning Fish Hamilton flying fish Great …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FISH — Synonyms and related words : C, C-note, Chinook salmon, G, G-note, Loch Ness monster, Sunapee trout, aerial torpedo, albacore, alevin, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OTHER — See: EACH OTHER, EVERY OTHER, GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE or GRASS IS ALWAYS …
Slang English vocab
FRY — See: OTHER FISH TO FRY, OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE, SMALL FRY.
Slang English vocab
BIGGER — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
FRY — I. noun ( usually fries ) (esp. AmE ) ⇨ See also ↑ chip ADJECTIVE ▪ French ▪ curly ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BIGGER — adj. Bigger is used with these nouns: ↑ premises , ↑ share
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