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"forms": [
{
"form": "has other fish to fry",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "having other fish to fry",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "had other fish to fry",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "had other fish to fry",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"1": "have<has,,had> other fish to fry"
},
"expansion": "have other fish to fry (third-person singular simple present has other fish to fry, present participle having other fish to fry, simple past and past participle had other fish to fry)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"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.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To have more important things to do."
],
"id": "en-have_other_fish_to_fry-en-verb-0XcYVppQ",
"links": [
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"important",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To have more important things to do."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "another kettle of fish"
}
],
"tags": [
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "tenir altres coses a fer"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "andere katten te geselen hebben"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "olla parempaakin tekemistä (subject in adessive)",
"sense": "to have more important things to do"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "olla muutakin tekemistä (subject in adessive)",
"sense": "to have more important things to do"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "avoir d’autres chats à fouetter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "andere Igel zu kämmen haben"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "avere altre gatte da pelare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mieć inne sprawy do załatwienia"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "eadar e fhèin"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "tener otras cosas que hacer"
}
]
}
],
"word": "have other fish to fry"
}
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "having other fish to fry",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "had other fish to fry",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "had other fish to fry",
"tags": [
"past"
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}
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"1": "have<has,,had> other fish to fry"
},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "another kettle of fish"
}
],
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"English idioms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"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.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To have more important things to do."
],
"links": [
[
"important",
"important"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) To have more important things to do."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "tenir altres coses a fer"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "andere katten te geselen hebben"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "olla parempaakin tekemistä (subject in adessive)",
"sense": "to have more important things to do"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "olla muutakin tekemistä (subject in adessive)",
"sense": "to have more important things to do"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "avoir d’autres chats à fouetter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "andere Igel zu kämmen haben"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "avere altre gatte da pelare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "mieć inne sprawy do załatwienia"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "eadar e fhèin"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to have more important things to do",
"word": "tener otras cosas que hacer"
}
],
"word": "have other fish to fry"
}
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