Wisps of heat rise from a red padded stool beside a leaning metal spatula.

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Laws

Some dead guy

If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The saying advises leaving a demanding situation when its pressure cannot be tolerated, using a hot kitchen as its comparison. The archived credit remains; no particular challenge is identified.

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