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out of the frying pan into the fire

frying pan
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /aʊt ʌv, ɒv stressed ði fraɪ pæn ˈɪn tu stressed ði faɪər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /aʊt ʌv, ɒv stressed ði fraɪ pæn ˈɪn tu stressed ði faɪər/

Definitions of out of the frying pan into the fire words

  • noun out of the frying pan into the fire a shallow, long-handled pan in which food is fried. 1
  • idioms out of the frying pan into the fire out of the frying pan into the fire, free of one predicament but immediately in a worse one. 1
  • noun out of the frying pan into the fire from a bad situation to a worse one 0
  • noun out of the frying pan into the fire from a bad situation into a worse one 0
See all 4 definitions of out of the frying pan into the fire

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Origin of out of the frying pan into the fire

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English fryinge panne

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Parts of speech for Out of the frying pan into the fire

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Out of the frying pan into the fire

out of the frying pan into the fire popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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