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bigger fish to fry

Idiom · C1

bigger fish to fry

Meaning

More important things to deal with.

Example

Ignore the typo, we have bigger fish to fry.

When to use it

Dismissing a minor issue.

Advanced (C1): precise, more formal or idiomatic.

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