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 a fwe.te/, /a.vwaʁ d‿o.tʁə ʃa.z‿a fwɛ.te/, /a.vwaʁ d‿o.tʁə ʃa.z‿a fwe.te/
France (Lyon) (file)

Verb

avoir d’autres chats à fouetter

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

Conjugation

see avoir

Descendants

→ Dutch: andere katten te geselen hebben (calque)

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