avoir d'autres chats à fouetter

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French

Alternative forms

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 a fwe.te/, /a.vwaʁ d‿o.tʁə ʃa.z‿a fwɛ.te/ ~ /a.vwaʁ d‿o.tʁə ʃa.z‿a fwe.te/

Verb

avoir d’autres chats à fouetter

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

Conjugation