frying pan
Example Sentences
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"It's like he's being taken out of the frying pan and into the fryer," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The miracle everyone pulls off is making a poisonous relationship dryly hilarious, even if every civilized exchange eventually becomes a figurative frying pan flying through the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
I know that’s not easy to predict, but it does seem like an “out of the frying pan, into the fire” sort of situation.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Weather that swings from deep freeze to frying pan.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
I paint polished wood, and metal: a copper-bottomed frying pan, as seen from the bottom, an aluminum double boiler.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
