{"id":4093,"date":"2020-06-14T13:59:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T13:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/?post_type=mcq&#038;p=4093"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T22:07:10","slug":"please-be-as-brief-as-you-can-i-have-other-fish-to-fry","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/please-be-as-brief-as-you-can-i-have-other-fish-to-fry\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of Other Fish to Fry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the sentence, what does <strong>other fish to fry<\/strong> mean?<br>Please be as brief as you can; I have <strong>other fish to fry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to cook food<\/li>\n<li>to take a rest<\/li>\n<li>to meet friends<\/li>\n<li>some important work to attend to<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3146],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[2495,1894,1895],"class_list":["post-4093","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-priorities-and-duties","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-7","education_level-grade-8","education_level-ssc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>some important work to attend to<\/strong> is correct because <strong>other fish to fry<\/strong> means other important things to do.<\/p><p>This idiom or phrase is useful because it helps students understand the intended meaning beyond the individual words.<\/p><p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <em>I cannot join the game now; I have other fish to fry.<\/em> <em>The manager left early because she had other fish to fry.<\/em><\/p><p>The idiom is figurative. It does not mean cooking fish; it means having other important responsibilities.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to cook food"},{"right":"no","answer":"to take a rest"},{"right":"no","answer":"to meet friends"},{"right":"yes","answer":"some important work to attend to"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3146,"title":"Priorities and Duties","slug":"priorities-and-duties"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/4093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=4093"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=4093"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=4093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}