fish to fry

noun

A matter to attend to.

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Meanings

nounfish to fry (plural fish to fry or fishes to fry)

plural fishes to fry

  1. idiomaticA matter to attend to.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fish, to, fry.
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