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1 out of the frying-pan into the fire
(from a difficult or dangerous situation into a worse one: His first marriage was unhappy but his second was even more unhappy - it was a real case of out of the frying-pan into the fire.) z dežja pod kapEnglish-Slovenian dictionary > out of the frying-pan into the fire
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2 frying-pan
noun (a shallow pan, usually with a long handle, for frying food in.) ponev* * *[fráiiŋpæn]nounponev -
3 pan
I [pæn] noun1) (a metal pot usually with a long handle, used for cooking food: a frying-pan; a saucepan.) ponev2) ((American) a tin for baking or cooking food inside an oven: a cake pan.)•- pancakeII [pæn] past tense, past participle - panned; verb(to move (a film or television camera) so as to follow a moving object or show a wide view: The camera panned slowly across to the other side of the street.) potovati (kamera)* * *I [pæn]nounponev, posoda; geology kotel, bazen; izpiralnik (za zlato); trdo tlo (pod prstjo); slang obraz, gobec; American slang ostra kritikafrying pan — ponev, kozicaa flash in the pan — kratkotrajen uspeh, mnogo hrupa za prazen ničAmerican to have s.o. on the pan — uničiti kogaII [pæn]1.transitive verbizpirati zlato (često z out ali off); pridobivati sol z varjenjem; colloquially ostro kritizirati, strgati koga;2.intransitive verbplenjati (zlato); colloquially uspeti, izplačati seto pan out — uspeti, posrečiti seIII [pæn]transitive verb & intransitive verbobračati filmsko kamero, obračati se (kamera) -
4 fire
1. noun1) (anything that is burning, whether accidentally or not: a warm fire in the kitchen; Several houses were destroyed in a fire.) ogenj2) (an apparatus for heating: a gas fire; an electric fire.) peč3) (the heat and light produced by burning: Fire is one of man's greatest benefits.) ogenj4) (enthusiasm: with fire in his heart.) gorečnost5) (attack by gunfire: The soldiers were under fire.) streljanje2. verb1) ((of china, pottery etc) to heat in an oven, or kiln, in order to harden and strengthen: The ceramic pots must be fired.) žgati2) (to make (someone) enthusiastic; to inspire: The story fired his imagination.) podžigati3) (to operate (a gun etc) by discharging a bullet etc from it: He fired his revolver three times.) ustreliti4) (to send out or discharge (a bullet etc) from a gun etc: He fired three bullets at the target.) sprožiti, izstreliti5) ((often with at or on) to aim and operate a gun at; to shoot at: They suddenly fired on us; She fired at the target.) streljati na, v6) (to send away someone from his/her job; to dismiss: He was fired from his last job for being late.) odpustiti•- firearm
- fire-brigade
- fire-cracker
- fire-engine
- fire-escape
- fire-extinguisher
- fire-guard
- fireman
- fireplace
- fireproof
- fireside
- fire-station
- firewood
- firework
- firing-squad
- catch fire
- on fire
- open fire
- play with fire
- set fire to something / set something on fire
- set fire to / set something on fire
- set fire to something / set on fire
- set fire to / set on fire
- under fire* * *I [fáiə]nounogenj, plamen, požar; streljanje; figuratively gorečnost, navdušenje, vnema, razburjenje; vročica; pekel; smrt na grmadito add fuel to the fire — prilivati olje v ogenj; poslabšati; razpihovati strastimedicine St. Anthony's fire — šena burnt child dreads the fire — kdor se opeče, je drugič previdenfire control — stolp, s katerega vodijo streljanje; boj proti gozdnim požaromto pour oil on fire — prilivati olje na ogenj, razdražiti, podpihovatito set on fire, to set fire to — zažgati, prižgatimilitary blind fire — streljanje brez cilja, na slepoto keep up a fire — vzdrževati ogenj; nenehno obstreljevatithere's no smoke without fire — kjer je dim, je tudi ogenj; iz nič ni ničto set the Thames on fire — narediti nekaj izrednega, iznajti smodnikrunning fire — salva strelov; zapovrstni napadi kritikeII [fáiə]1.transitive verbzanetiti, zažgati; izžigati; kuriti nalagati; (at, upon) streljati; rdeče barvati; slang ( from) odpustiti, spoditi;2.intransitive verbzanetiti, osmoditi, razbeliti semilitary to fire salute — izstreliti salvoto fire with s.th. — navdušiti za kaj -
5 fry
I verb(to cook in hot oil or fat: Shall I fry the eggs or boil them?) ocvreti- out of the frying-pan into the fire II noun(a swarm of young, especially of fish.) drobne ribice* * *I [frai]transitive verb & intransitive verbcvreti (se); archaic figuratively vznemiritiAmerican to fry the fat out of s.o. — s političnimi obljubami izsiljevati denar od kogafried egg — pečeno jajce, "na oko"II [frai]nounocvrta jed, cvrtje; (ocvrta) svinjska drobovina; colloquially vznemirjenostIII [frai]nounribja zalega, roj, gruča; malenkost; potomstvosmall fry — otroci; nepomembni ljudje; malenkost
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