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frying pan
noun
Idioms 1.
a shallow, long-handled pan in which food is fried.
2.
out of the frying pan into the fire, free of one predicament but immediately in a worse one.
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| frying pan or esp (US) fry-pan | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a long-handled shallow pan used for frying |
| 2. | out of the frying pan into the fire from a bad situation to a worse one |
| fry-pan or esp (US) fry-pan | |
| —n | |
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Frying-pan
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Frying-pan definition
(Heb. marhesheth, a "boiler"), a pot for boiling meat (Lev. 2:7; 7:9).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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