frying pan

Also fry-pan,
Also

noun

1. a shallow, long-handled pan in which food is fried.

frying pan

noun

1. a long-handled shallow pan used for frying

2. from a bad situation to a worse one

Word History and Origins

Origin of frying pan¹

1350–1400; Middle English fryinge panne

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. out of the frying pan into the fire, free of one predicament but immediately in a worse one.

Example Sentences

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

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

From BBC

When you need a frying pan to cook fluffy omelets, a skillet to brown mushrooms, or a sheet pan for baking an afternoon treat of chocolate chip cookies, it’s tempting to reach for something nonstick.

From Salon

It is a sort of non-stick frying pan solution, meaning that layers of molten aluminium do not get stuck on this expensive equipment.

From BBC

Yes, Augusztiny acknowledged, lawns have appeal, but not in his West Valley neighborhood where “concrete is the equivalent of a frying pan,” and sustaining thirsty turf in triple-digit heat is impossible.

From Los Angeles Times

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