 |
What is the Origin of the idiom Out of the frying pan into the fire?In: Idioms and Slang |
[Edit] |
[Edit] 
This idiom means: from a bad situation into one that is worse.
It is believed to be derived from England in the 1500s. A piece of food being fried in a pan is hot enough, but falling out of the frying pan and into the fire is even worsse.
First answer by Bessey52. Last edit by Bessey52. Contributor trust: 161 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 1 [recommend question]
Answers.com > Wiki Answers > Categories > Literature and Language > English Language > Literary Devices and Figures of Speech > Idioms and Slang > What is the Origin of the idiom Out of the frying pan into the fire?
Our contributors said this page should be displayed for the questions below. (Where do these come from ) |
| If any of these are not a genuine rephrasing of the question, please help out and edit these alternates. |
Idiom of adds fuel to the fire? Out of the frying pan into the fire meaning? What does out of the frying pan and into the fire mean? What is the meaning of out of the frying pan into the fire? What does the idiom out of the frying pan and into the fire mean?
