frying pan noun
plural frying pans
plural frying pans
Learner's definition of FRYING PAN
[count]
: a metal pan that has a long handle and is used for frying长柄平底煎锅 — called also (chiefly US) skillet
— see picture at kitchen
from/out of the frying pan (and) into the fire
◊ If you have gone or jumped from or out of the frying pan (and) into the fire, you have gone from a bad situation or problem to a worse one.跳出油锅又落火坑;逃出虎口又入狼窝