What is the etymology of "pan out"? - English Language & Usage …
2017年3月27日 · pan out. pan out - be a success; "The idea panned out": bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, win, come through - attain success or reach a desired goal; pan out - wash dirt in a pan to separate out the precious minerals pan off, pan wash - separate dirt or gravel from (precious minerals) (Thesaurus based on WordNet 3.0) out (particle)
Are there any expressions that describe going from a bad to a …
2011年6月28日 · TO JUMP OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE - "The same expression or one closely allied to it is common to many languages; in the second century the Greek equivalent was 'out of the smoke into the flame'; the Italian and Portuguese, 'to fall from the frying pan into the coals'; the Gaelic, 'out of the cauldron into the fire,' and the French ...
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2017年4月12日 · Pan out. Example: "His effort didn't pan out well." Indians use this word a lot to describe a situation where a person tried to achieve something by a good deal of effort but failed. Put Out. Example: "Pakistani military put out a video of a missile launch" What would be the proper word for this? Publish or release?
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2015年10月1日 · These are sometimes also designed to (and any can in principle) serve double duty as a trivet [the object you put under a hot pan to protect the table from the heat] - EDIT: I see you've mentioned this but using the term 'placemat'. Cloth pot holders also sometimes have a pocket to slip your fingers into, making it a sort of half oven mitt.
Proverb or expression for a situation with two choices, both …
2011年8月17日 · I'm searching for a proverb or expression that describes a situation which has two choices or two ways out (that is, somewhat of a forced choice) where both lead to some kind of trouble (but not the same trouble). As an example: Let's …
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2024年11月4日 · Maybe he has zero confidence in a Trump win. Maybe he is a party insider and privy to inside the party thought or awareness that isn't positive. To get thrown out after the election result, would be too obvious and would say sore loser. Nov 04, 2024, 08:20 PM.
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2024年10月13日 · Immediately before the hold took place, it looks like throttle drops to near zero and max right rudder is applied. The plane was climbing pretty fast prior to that, but then leveled off right around the hold. At 7:13.97, RSSI bottoms out at -78. That could coincide with the hold, as a hold is a half-second (or more) of signal loss.
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2019年9月11日 · Out of the frying pan into the fire. The phrase out of the frying pan into the fire is used to describe the situation of moving or getting from a bad or difficult situation to a worse one, often as the result of trying to escape from the bad or difficult one. (source: Wikipedia)
More formal way of saying: "Sorry to bug you again about this, …
2011年8月22日 · I assume by "Sorry to bug you again about this" that you were already given help with "X", so instead of an apology, perhaps a thank you would work better:
Etymology of the phrase "chicken out"
2012年12月25日 · The OED says this verb chicken is slang of US origin with a first quotation from 1943 (I. Wolfert, Torpedo 8): I just wanted to..make sure you weren't chickening out on me. They say this is a revived form coming from a noun chicken for one who is as timorous or defenceless as a chicken, used at least as early as 1616, and cite Shakespeare ...