“Have bigger fish to fry”
PrioritiesKahulugan
Para may mas mahahalagang bagay na dapat asikasuhin.
English: To have more important matters to deal with.
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1 / 2“I have bigger fish to fry than arguing about the color of the slides.”
May mas importante akong dapat asikasuhin kaysa sa pagtatalo tungkol sa kulay ng mga slide.
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Restore the missing expression using the meaning above. Keep the rest of the sentence unchanged.
I _____ than arguing about the color of the slides.Compare with the original example
I have bigger fish to fry than arguing about the color of the slides.
May mas importante akong dapat asikasuhin kaysa sa pagtatalo tungkol sa kulay ng mga slide.
Write a two-line conversation using “Have bigger fish to fry”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
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- What does "Have bigger fish to fry" mean?
- "Have bigger fish to fry" means para may mas mahahalagang bagay na dapat asikasuhin.
- How do you use "Have bigger fish to fry" in a sentence?
- Example: "I have bigger fish to fry than arguing about the color of the slides."
- Should I interpret "Have bigger fish to fry" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.