have bigger fish to fry

To have more important things to do.

"I can't worry about that small complaint right now — I have bigger fish to fry."

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So, they say, "I have bigger fish to fry",

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We'll ignore it because we have bigger fish to fry.

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And it's probably because they just they have bigger fish to fry,

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that's we have bigger fish to fry people and that's a good thing.

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