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

It quoted a Malian official as saying that Wagner operatives were "worse than the French. They think my men are more stupid than them. We have gone from the frying pan to the fire."

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

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

From Slate • Aug. 27, 2024

When sunny skies returned, the Olympic skate park — made of concrete and shaped like a bowl — became a giant frying pan.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024

Behind them, a frying pan clanged as the last Mask slid to the floor.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer