English Explanatory Dictionary

if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. If you cannot handle the pressure, you should not remain in a position where you have to deal with it.

Word forms

if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen

Etymology

Attributed to Harry S. Truman, coined in a July 1942 newspaper.

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