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Commander, we have other fish to fry at the moment.

Mr. Bush has had other fish to fry these days.

But right now, he had other fish to fry.

Music has other fish to fry and morality isn't one of them.

The Executioner had other fish to fry, another war to fight.

I tried to remind him of that day under the rotunda, but he had other fish to fry.

It had other fish to fry, its own bare asses to cover.

Owen had other fish to fry and for the next two days he was busy on other things.

Alas, the interviewer, a chemist, had other fish to fry.

Makes you wonder if Ullanoth has other fish to fry.

Chefs have other fish to fry, sauté, grill and roast.

- It was a thought to which he would return, with extraordinary results; for the moment, however, he had other fish to fry.

Frank had other fish to fry and other lemons to squeeze.

I had other fish to fry, in terms of history and anxiety, and indeed I still do.

She'd probably have done it too, it he hadn't had other fish to fry."

"Today they have other fish to fry."

Besides, I had other fish to fry.

The mechanics were busy as usual, but Grubb had other fish to fry this morning.

"They had other fish to fry," said Mr. Brown, who opposed the proposition.

"I had other fish to fry," added Mr. Shapiro, who said he decided not to pursue the issue.

Really I will sell myself for Bobby but I have other fish to fry tonight.

IBM and Hewlett-Packard appear to have other fish to fry.

Ellen had other fish to fry, other hooks to bait, other joints to roll.

"So he has other fish to fry, M. Weyman?"

Hoare, though, has other fish to fry.

But in general, we Americans have bigger fish to fry.

I think they have bigger fish to fry right now.

But art has bigger fish to fry than that, we may hope.

Unfortunately, this time, we all had bigger fish to fry.

We have bigger fish to fry, so pay attention.

It had also been clear he had bigger fish to fry.

Maybe it needs a re-read but I have bigger fish to fry.

Let's assume that he had bigger fish to fry, phone numbers to destroy.

He turns them down: he has bigger fish to fry.

We did an estimated 50 hours of work documenting the situation for the police, who apparently had bigger fish to fry.

I have bigger fish to fry in the budget."

"Er - perhaps you think the gang have bigger fish to fry?

Probably it was simply a case of the Peeps having bigger fish to fry, he thought bitterly.

Let's face it, we have bigger fish to fry than a kid on a skateboard."

"Lieutenant," she addressed him, "the rest of us have bigger fish to fry.

"Well, don't take it personally, but they may have bigger fish to fry.

There are no parallels in the new global accord, but only because the United States had bigger fish to fry.

Dennis Feeney would have to wait; he had bigger fish to fry.

He had bigger fish to fry than Ace Merrill, who was leaving town anyway.

"Cardiologists have had bigger fish to fry," says Cannon.

This suggests that he had bigger fish to fry - and indeed he had.

Don laughed at that, but in the half-distracted manner of a fellow who has bigger fish to fry.

But he had bigger fish to fry, and the judge in the case has forbidden any interviewing in or around the courthouse.

Esperanza quickly said, "Those are all good questions, Professor, but we have bigger fish to fry.

He half expected another tractor beam to seize him at any minute, but it appeared that the Collective had bigger fish to fry.