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fish to fry

fish to fry noun: a matter to attend to.

Noun

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

  1. (idiomatic) A matter to attend to.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fish, to, fry.

Forms of fish to fry

pluralfish to fry
pluralfishes to fry

Words formed from fish to fry

Questions about fish to fry

What does fish to fry mean?
Fish to fry means a matter to attend to.
What part of speech is fish to fry?
Fish to fry is a noun.
What is the plural of fish to fry?
The plural of fish to fry is fish to fry.

Words near fish to fry in the dictionary

  1. fish tapes
  2. fish tea
  3. fish teas
  4. fish therapies
  5. fish therapy
  6. fish to fry
  7. fish trap
  8. fish traps
  9. fish trowel
  10. fish trowels
  11. fish up

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