avoir d'autres chats à fouetter

French

Alternative forms

avoir bien d'autres chats à fouetter

Etymology

Literally "to have other cats to whip".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.vwaʁ d‿o.tʁə ʃa a fwɛ.te/, /a.vwaʁ d‿o.tʁə ʃa.z‿a fwɛ.te/

Verb

avoir d'autres chats à fouetter

(informal) To have other things to handle; to have other fish to fry

Conjugation

see avoir

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