词汇 | have other fish to fry |
词源 | have other fish to fry. To be busy, usually with something important, so that one can’t do anything else at the moment. The old American phrase is still heard today, often with varia- tions, as in this example from the television series The West Wing (7/25/01): “I’ve got a bigger fish to fry.” |
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