See have other fish to fry on Wiktionary
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"ref": "c. 1710, The Journal to Stella, Jonathan Swift, ch. 2, Letter 15:",
"text": "I have other fish to fry; so good-morrow, my ladies all, good-morrow.",
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"text": "Your uncle will not return yet; he has other fish to fry; he will be galloping backwards and forwards from Briarfield to Stilbro' all day.",
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"ref": "1905, George Bernard Shaw, chapter 15, in The Irrational Knot:",
"text": "\"May I ask whether you will be persuaded to come?\"\n\"No, for certain. I have other fish to fry here.\"",
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"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "tenir altres coses a fer"
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"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "andere katten te geselen hebben"
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"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "andere Igel zu kämmen haben"
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"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "avere altre gatte da pelare"
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"word": "eadar e fhèin"
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"word": "tenir altres coses a fer"
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"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "andere katten te geselen hebben"
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"sense": "to have more important things to do"
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"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "andere Igel zu kämmen haben"
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"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "avere altre gatte da pelare"
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