frying pan

Example Sentences

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Yet the country may be launching out of the frying pan and into the fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Inside Dorothy’s Kansan house, a once-shadowed frying pan on the wall now dangles front and center, as does a digitally added “Home Sweet Home” needlepoint nailed to the threshold.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

"The worry is that Nasa may be jumping out of the frying pan, into the fire," says Dr Barber.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

Now imagine instead of a frying pan, it was the floor beneath you.

From Slate • Aug. 27, 2024

And as soon as Daddy handed me the big frying pan, I set it in the drawer next to the oven, and I was on my way.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan