bigger fish to fry

An augmentative of other fish to fry.

• "Someone else needs to figure out the menu for the going-away party. I have bigger fish to fry."
• "Thanks for the vegan idioms, Peta, but there are bigger fish to fry [title] Trying to enforce non-meaty alternatives to phrases like ‘bring home the bacon’ will only harm the veganism cause[.]"

• other fish to fry

• big picture
• bigger fish in the sea
• bird's-eye view
• gestalt
• gist
• grand scheme
• overview
• the forest for the trees