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have bigger/other fish to fry

to have something more important or more interesting to do. I couldn't waste my time trying to reach an agreement with them, I had other fish to fry.

See also: big, fish, other

small fry (informal)

1. people, organizations, or activities that are not large or important. The small fry are soon going to be pushed out of business by all these multinationals. This investigation is small fry for a police force used to massive inquiries.

(American)

2. very young children. These computer games will really intrigue the small fry in your house - kids love them.

See also: small

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have bigger fish to fry

to have something more important or more interesting to do. I couldn't spend a lot of time on the problem – I had other fish to fry.

See also: big, fish