Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bigger fish to fry

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: big-ger -fish -to fry
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A much more pressing issue to attend to.

noun

A higher-valued result or target to reach.

Example Sentences

"Someone else needs to figure out the menu for the going-away party. I have bigger fish to fry."
"Clyde’d been right about one thing—she had bigger fish to fry, and that included figuring out what Lucifer’s next move was."
"Thanks for the vegan idioms, Peta, but there are bigger fish to fry [title] Trying to enforce non-meaty alternatives to phrases like ‘bring home the bacon’ will only harm the veganism cause[.]"

Etymology

An augmentative of other fish to fry.

Phrases

big picture bigger fish in the sea bird's-eye view grand scheme the forest for the trees

Frequently Paired Words

big picture bigger fish in the sea bird's-eye view gestalt gist grand scheme overview the forest for the trees

Synonyms

other fish to fry

Questions

What does bigger fish to fry mean?: A much more pressing issue to attend to.
Where does bigger fish to fry come from?: An augmentative of other fish to fry.

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