“Have bigger fish to fry”
Priorities意味
もっと重要な問題に対処するため。
English: To have more important matters to deal with.
例文
例文
1 / 2“I have bigger fish to fry than arguing about the color of the slides.”
スライドの色について議論するよりも、もっと重要な問題に対処しなければならない。
Use this idiom in context
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.
スライドの色について議論するよりも、もっと重要な問題に対処しなければならない。
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 もっと重要な問題に対処するため。.
- 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.