bigger fish to fry
A much more pressing issue to attend to.
Someone else needs to figure out the menu for the going-away party. I have bigger fish to fry.
fry
UK /fɹaɪ/ US /fɹaɪ/
noun 11verb 6name 2
Definitions
verb
1
A method of cooking food.
I am frying the eggs.
2
A method of cooking food.
The eggs are frying.
3
A method of cooking food.
With crackling flames a caldron fries.
Ye might haue seene the frothy billowes fry
4
To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current.
You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.
5
To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current.
He's guilty of murder: he's going to fry.
noun
1
A fried piece of cut potato.
2
A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
3
The liver of a lamb.
4
A lamb or calf testicle.
5
A state of excitement.
to be in a fry
noun
1
Young fish; fishlings.
it is not possible for man to sever the wheat from the tares, the good fish from the other frie; that must be the Angels Ministery at the end of mortall things.
2
Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
3
A swarm, especially of something small.
a fry of children
4
The spawn of frogs.
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