Has Bigger Fish To Fry
- Has Bigger Fish To Fry
- How common is this idiom?: This idiom is not as commonly used among younger generations as it was in the past, but it's still widely recognized and occasionally used in informal settings, especially in the context of social media and memes.
- Literal Meaning: The literal meaning of this idiom is that someone has more important or bigger tasks to attend to, much like a person who is cooking and has to focus on the bigger fish that need to be fried first.
- Actual Idiomatic Meaning: The idiomatic meaning of this phrase is that someone has more important or pressing matters to attend to, and cannot be bothered with smaller or less important issues.
- I'm not going to worry about that minor issue, I have bigger fish to fry.
- She's not going to attend the meeting, she has bigger fish to fry and can't be bothered with the details.
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