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🇬🇧🇬🇧 English idiom Time!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧

Bigger fish to fry

"I really

want to help you with this project, but I've got bigger fish to fry right now!".

"bigger fish to fry" is an idiom that can be used when you want to express that you have more important or more interesting things to do or attend to...

"It's really not worth my time. I've got bigger fish to fry!!"

"I know you want to leave your house and see your friends but there are bigger fish to fry like us keeping everyone safe during cov19 !"

Now it's your turn! Try using the Idiom "bigger fish to fry" and I'll correct all your mistakes! :)

Comments

  • Kate

    I’d like to play with you but it’s bigger fish to fry like I must to do my school’s project!

  • Razi

    I don’t care that you want to visit ur friends, now we’ve got bigger fish to fry like looking after my baby girl:)

  • tina VIP

    I am not interested in going out with you. I’ve got much bigger fish to fry.

  • liya

    The world should definitely has a bigger fish to try instead of crashing economy these days.

  • Lis

    - Let's jump from a skyscraper astride anchovies tonight? - No, thank you, I've got bigger fish to fly 😂😂😂

  • David

    @Marina "I would consider*" brilliant example! Well done! :)

  • Natalia

    I would like to make new sentence with this idiom so I haven’t got bigger fish to fry now. I did it ;)

  • Marina

    I could consider giving you a second chance, darling, but there's bigger fish to fry like starting a new life with someone more trustworthy

  • Olesya

    @David You always make me happy! ☀

  • David

    @Olesya perfect example! Well done! :)

  • David

    @Анна perfect example! Well done! :)

  • Olesya

    I want to watch this movie so much, but I've got bigger fish to fry. I have to help my daughter with her homeworks.

  • Анна

    Thanks a lot for this idiom! I like using them, they make speech more alive and bright. My sentence is "I'd like to watch a film, but I've got bigger fish to fry right now like washing dishes".

  • 𝚈𝚊𝚗𝚊

    @David Thanks😅 it’s better

  • Людмила

    @David спасибо😊

  • David

    @𝚈𝚊𝚗𝚊 I'm glad you like it! " I would talk to you, but I have bigger fish to fry today"something like that sounds the most native :) good job! :)

  • David

    @language learner "I want to meet you but I have bigger fish to fry" well done Salman :)

  • David

    @Людмила "Oh, i really want to talk with you, but i've got bigger fish to fry" good job :)

  • 𝚈𝚊𝚗𝚊

    I like this idiom, thanks for sharing. I will try to use this. For example: I could talk to you, but I have bigger fish to fry then you😅 I don’t know

  • language learner

    I want to meet you but I have a bigger fish to fry

  • Людмила

    Oh, i really want talking with you, but i've got bigger fish to fry😋

  • ..

    @David It helps a ton, keep up the good work, and I will try to keep a track of your posts and try to respond on them whenever I could understand these phrases you share with us, thank you 😃.

  • Massiel

    @David gracias 😁😊

  • David

    @.. no hay de que Luis! I'm glad it help you :)

  • David

    @Massiel good job Massiel! To make the idiom work in a more native way you could say "I would like to go out with you this week but I have bigger fish to fry right now, what about next week?" Good job!

  • Zoe

    @David amazing thank you!!! 😜

  • Dipinegi

    @David thanks man

  • ..

    @David muchas gracias 😃 I love the sentence you made, that really helps to compare and know where I was wrong.

  • David

    @Natali Nao perfect example Natali! Well done :)

  • David

    @Zoe but we're English so we have to be polite 😉

  • David

    @meysam sure! just post your sentence here and I will correct it for you :)

  • David

    @Dipinegi "I want to travel across the world but right now I have bigger fish to fry" great job Dipinegi!

  • David

    @.. great job Luis! To sound a bit more native I would say "no matter how many problems the world currently has, we've got bigger fish to fry these days... We just can't concentrate on anything else!" Great example! :)

  • Maria

    @David thank you David

  • Massiel

    I would like to go out with you, but I hace a bigger fish to fry.

  • David

    @Maria good job Maria! To make it sound more native I would say "I would like to help you but I've got to go right now, as I have bigger fish to fry" :)

  • Natali Nao

    I need to do some work assignments but right now I've got bigger fish to fry.

  • Zoe

    That’s an excellent phrase instead say no 😜😜

  • meysam

    Hey Please correct me If you have time

  • Dipinegi

    I want to travel across the world but right now I have a bigger fish to fry

  • ..

    We have got the bigger fish to fry these days that no matter how many problems the world has currently, we just can't concentrate in any other thing.

  • Elena

    🤯🤯

  • Maria

    I would like to help you but, I've gotta go, I have a bigger fish to fry

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