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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.) nuo vilko bėgo, ant meškos užbėgoEnglish-Lithuanian dictionary > out of the frying-pan into the fire
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2 drop-out
noun (a person who withdraws, especially from a course at a university etc or the normal life of society.) iškritęs iš gyvenimo ir pan. žmogus -
3 fry
I verb(to cook in hot oil or fat: Shall I fry the eggs or boil them?) kepti- out of the frying-pan into the fire II noun(a swarm of young, especially of fish.) mailius -
4 empty
['empti] 1. adjective1) (having nothing inside: an empty box; an empty cup.) tuščias2) (unoccupied: an empty house.) tuščias, negyvenamas3) ((with of) completely without: a street quite empty of people.) be4) (having no practical result; (likely to be) unfulfilled: empty threats.) tuščias2. verb1) (to make or become empty: He emptied the jug; The cinema emptied quickly at 10.30; He emptied out his pockets.) ištuštinti, ištuštėti2) (to tip, pour, or fall out of a container: She emptied the milk into a pan; The rubbish emptied on to the ground.) išpilti, išversti3. noun(an empty bottle etc: Take the empties back to the shop.) tuščias butelis, tuščia tara- empty-handed
- empty-headed
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pan out — {v.}, {informal} To have a result, especially a good result; result favorably; succeed. * /Suppose the class tried to make money by selling candy. How would that pan out?/ * /Edison s efforts to invent an electric light bulb did not pan out until … Dictionary of American idioms
pan out — {v.}, {informal} To have a result, especially a good result; result favorably; succeed. * /Suppose the class tried to make money by selling candy. How would that pan out?/ * /Edison s efforts to invent an electric light bulb did not pan out until … Dictionary of American idioms
pan out — (p[a^]n out ), 1. v. i. To succeed; as, the project didn t pan out. [PJC] 2. To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly. [Slang, U. S.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pan out — [v] come to pass; succeed click*, come out*, culminate, eventuate, go, go over*, happen, net*, prove out, result, turn out, work out, yield; concept 706 Ant. fail, not happen … New thesaurus
pan out — verb 1. be a success The idea panned out • Hypernyms: ↑succeed, ↑win, ↑come through, ↑bring home the bacon, ↑deliver the goods • Verb Frames: Something s … Useful english dictionary
pan out — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms pan out : present tense I/you/we/they pan out he/she/it pans out present participle panning out past tense panned out past participle panned out informal if a situation pans out in a particular way, it… … English dictionary
pan out — in. [for something] to work out or turn out all right. □ Don’t worry. Everything will pan out okay. □ Nothing seems to pan out for me anymore … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
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pan out — succeed, go as planned, work out Blair s ideas usually pan out. His suggestions are practical … English idioms
pan out — end or finish favorably, work out well I hope that your plans to go back to school pan out well … Idioms and examples
pan out — verb a) To separate and recover (valuable minerals) by swirling dirt or crushed rock in a pan of water, in the manner of a traditional prospector seeking gold. On the Saturday holidays in summer time we used to borrow skiffs whose owners were not … Wiktionary
