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andere katten te geselen

English translation: to have other fish to fry

22:59 Dec 23, 2008
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / expressions
Dutch term or phrase: andere katten te geselen
Er zijn wel andere katten te geselen (mijn source)
Andere zinsnedes:
Maar voor de hele situatie tot een kritiek kookpunt leidt, hebben de heren nog andere katten te geselen!
Een Zuid-Nederlander Jan-Baptist Verlooy, ooit nog Burgemeester van Brussel, heeft andere katten te geselen.
Dit is een Vlaamse uitdrukking waarvoor ik een goede Engelse uitdrukking zoek. Kijk uit naar een paar oplossingen. tia - lianne
Lianne van de Ven
United States
Local time: 10:42
English translation:to have other fish to fry
Explanation:
To have something more important or more interesting to do.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/have bigger/other fish t...
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Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:42
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Thanks so much for this answer.
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4 +6to have other fish to fry
Textpertise
5TO HAVE TO TACKLE OTHER PROBLEMS
Etienne Muylle Wallace


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
TO HAVE TO TACKLE OTHER PROBLEMS


Explanation:
maybe there would be an idiomatic expression (0r more than one) in English, but this is the actual meaning

Etienne Muylle Wallace
Spain
Local time: 16:42
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FrenchFrench
Notes to answerer
Asker: bedankt voor die uitleg!

Asker: etienne, nogmaals bedankt voor je toelichting in betekenis. Punten helaas naar textpertise voor het vinden van een engels equivalent.

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
to have other fish to fry


Explanation:
To have something more important or more interesting to do.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/have bigger/other fish t...

Textpertise
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
Grading comment
Thanks so much for this answer.
Notes to answerer
Asker: yum!


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agree  hirselina
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agree  Dave Calderhead
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agree  Nanda Weiland
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agree  vic voskuil
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agree  Emma Rault (X)
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