A pan with a handle, used for frying meat and vegetables.

Frying-pan

A pan with a handle, used for frying meat and vegetables.

An illustration of food being cooked in a frying pan.

Frying Pan

An illustration of food being cooked in a frying pan.

A shallow, long-handled pan used for frying food.

Frying Pan

A shallow, long-handled pan used for frying food.

"See here a man who doth true courage lack, / He flies apace - a wolf is on his track: / Nearer he comes - the man doth swifter flee; / The verge he gains; he leaps into the sea: / Out of one danger into one more great, / The foolish creature finds his certain fate."—Barber, 1857

Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire

"See here a man who doth true courage lack, / He flies apace - a wolf is on his track: / Nearer he comes…