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It got worst that he landed jail time after his friends sold him that shit for too much money. Dude jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.
by Jerlyn March 7, 2004
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a term that was supposedly invented by JRR Tolkien in one of his Lord of the Rings books.
sam is the character who says 'out of the frying pan and into the fire'
by Lynsey March 7, 2004
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The desire to cause someone extreme pain and/or suffering. The frying pan reference comes from the Disney movie "Tangled."
Person 1: Man, I just ate that entire dish of brownies on the counter!
Person 2: Dude, I made those for my friend!
Person 1: Sorry, dude.
Person 2: You frustrate me so much, sometimes I just wanna hit you with my coal-hot frying pan!
by fandomgirl92 March 23, 2012
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nickname for an emo
Girl 1: Hey is that an Emo?
Eshay 1: Nah Dawg its a black frying pan
by yeets and skrrts December 10, 2021
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A Super Awesome Legit dude who skateboards amazingly and will be the best Magic: The Gathering player who ever lived. Also, has no arms, hence the Frying Pan part. Chickens are his best friends, as well as David (see: davidfishicism), Chase, Jeff, Carter, and many others.
"Hello, Richard the Frying Pan! What's up?'
by SpikeFurious May 16, 2019
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Its from an old Latin fable about fish convincing each other that jumping out of the frying pan is the only way to avoid certain doom. In modern times i means rushing out of a bad situation without considering the implications.
Poor old Ben jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire when he quit the job he hated to find himself homeless and unemployable
by Omniomega24 February 11, 2016
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