betting that law enforcers had bigger fish to fry. 怎么翻译
bigger fish to fry=better fish to fry=other fish to fry
More important matters to attend to. 要管/办/关心更重要的事.
But regulations being what they are, some dog owners were prepared to flout them, betting that law enforcers had bigger fish to fry. 但是法令虽然摆在那里, 有些狗主并不把法令当回事, 他们侥幸地认为执法者有更重要的事情要管.
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