avoir d'autres chats à fouetter
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “to have other cats to whip”.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /a.vwaʁ d‿o.tʁə ʃa a fwɛ.te/, /a.vwaʁ d‿o.tʁə ʃa a fwe.te/, /a.vwaʁ d‿o.tʁə ʃa.z‿a fwɛ.te/, /a.vwaʁ d‿o.tʁə ʃa.z‿a fwe.te/
Audio (Lyon): (file)
Verb edit
avoir d’autres chats à fouetter
- (informal) to have other things to handle; to have other fish to fry
Conjugation edit
- see avoir
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: andere katten te geselen hebben (calque)