See bigger fish to fry on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2018 December 6, Jessica Brown, “Thanks for the vegan idioms, Peta, but there are bigger fish to fry”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
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"(idiomatic) A much more pressing issue to attend to."
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"(idiomatic) A higher-valued result or target to reach."
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],
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}
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