avoir d'autres chats à fouetter

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French[edit]

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/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

avoir d’autres chats à fouetter

  1. (informal) to have other things to handle; to have other fish to fry

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Dutch: andere katten te geselen hebben (calque)