Salman Rushdieの小説 "Midnight's Children" を読んでいます。
Who said, 'What's to be scared of? We're only going half-way for a peek'?...
Wide-eyed, disobedient Indians followed their freckled American chief. ('They killed Dr Narlikar-marchers did,' Hairoil warned us in a shivery voice. Evie spat on his shoes.)
But I, Saleem Sinai, had other fish to fry. 'Evie,' I said with quiet offhandedness, 'how'd you like to see me bicycling?'
"had other fish to fry" は熟語として覚えた、知っている表現ですが、実際の英文で見たのは初めてです。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: concerns or interests to pursue —usually used with other: can't deal with that problem now; we've got other fish to fry right now
・Wiktionary: To have more important things to do.: Your uncle will not return yet; he has other fish to fry; he will be galloping backwards and forwards from Briarfield to Stilbro' all day.
・Collins Dictionary: to have other activities to do, esp more important ones: I didn't pursue it in detail because I'm afraid I had other fish to fry at the time.
Who said, 'What's to be scared of? We're only going half-way for a peek'?...
Wide-eyed, disobedient Indians followed their freckled American chief. ('They killed Dr Narlikar-marchers did,' Hairoil warned us in a shivery voice. Evie spat on his shoes.)
But I, Saleem Sinai, had other fish to fry. 'Evie,' I said with quiet offhandedness, 'how'd you like to see me bicycling?'
"had other fish to fry" は熟語として覚えた、知っている表現ですが、実際の英文で見たのは初めてです。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: concerns or interests to pursue —usually used with other: can't deal with that problem now; we've got other fish to fry right now
・Wiktionary: To have more important things to do.: Your uncle will not return yet; he has other fish to fry; he will be galloping backwards and forwards from Briarfield to Stilbro' all day.
・Collins Dictionary: to have other activities to do, esp more important ones: I didn't pursue it in detail because I'm afraid I had other fish to fry at the time.
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