He smiled a little. I suppose he thought me very silly. He said he had other fish to fry.

“他笑了笑。我猜想他一定觉得我这个人非常蠢。他说他没有那么多闲工夫。”

" I have a great deal more confidence in you than in the president, " he said; " besides, I've other fish to fry, " he added, wriggling his wen.

“我对你比对总统更有信心，”他说； “此外，我还有其他鱼要炸，”他补充说，扭动着他的脸。

However, I am intending to say nothing till it is settled, though I will just say this much, that you soon may have other fish to fry than to think of Stephen Smith.

然而，我打算在事情解决之前什么都不说，虽然我只会说这么多，你很快就会有其他鱼要炸，而不是想到斯蒂芬史密斯。