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If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
- Don't take on a job if you are unwilling to face its pressures.
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Idioms and Phrases
If the pressure or stress is too great, leave or give up. For example, It'll take a lot of weekend overtime to finish, so if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen . This folksy adage has been ascribed to President Harry S. Truman, who certainly said it and may have originated it. [c. 1950]Example Sentences
“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” advises a favorite proverb of tough-love advocates.
“And that’s it. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen—but noted hothead Tyrrell Hatton seems to fit right in.
Truman: “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”; Mr. Trump: “Fake news.”
As a leader and a lawyer in a position to succeed, he knows well the axiom “if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”
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