This is such an unpleasant situation. The problems were enormous. Incredible efforts were made to solve them: a cunning strategy was developed, a clear plan was drawn up. And only when the planned was completed, it became clear what a disaster was.
Speak more clearly: you got out of the fire and into the frying pan.
What shines so brightly before us: a frying pan, a frying pan or a flame?
Fire is a noun:
- rank: inanimate;
- genus: middle;
- declension - does not fall into any of the 3 known.
Previously, the word was pronounced with an emphasis on "o", now - on "I".
Used only in the singular, nominative, accusative and instrumental cases. In the latter case, the accent will be on "o":
"The raging frying pan rushes across the June steppe"
The obsolete version was written "scrap".
The meaning of the word "frying pan" is the same as that of "flame". That is, the fire itself, which glows and releases heat due to chemical and physical transformations and interactionsvarious particles of the environment with each other.
Usually "fire" is used when something is on fire. And the "flame" is rather associated with an electric arc, a vacuum lamp, lightning.
From one trouble to another
The meaning of the word "frying pan" has been sorted out. It's time to remember that these days it is used in almost a single case.
If the subject chooses to characterize the situation in which he is, the phrase "out of the fire and into the frying pan", it means that he regards the current state of affairs as even worse than before. Comparison with a dangerous and little subject to man elements, fire, is inspired by anxiety and fear.
Usage examples:
- "The new boss is an even greater tyrant. We rejoiced early - we got out of the fire and into the frying pan."
- "We slipped through the blizzard, didn't lose our way. However, we ran out of gas from the fire and into the frying pan."
Similar expressions used to be widely used:
- "From bag to matting".
- "From the rain and under the drops".
- "From fire to water".
Dictionaries to help
Where to look for the meaning of words? Polymya - in the explanatory dictionary on the beech "P". Steady turns - in the phraseological dictionary. And having got acquainted with them, it is worth putting them into use. For the glory, so to speak, of the Russian language.
