if you can't stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen
if you can't stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen
proverb If you can't cope with or handle the pressure in a given situation, you should remove yourself from that situation. Typically used to imply that the one being addressed is weak or unsuited for such work. The pace is only going to pick up from here, newbie, so if you can't stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen.
See also: if, keep, kitchen, of, out, stand
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
If you can’t stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen
sent. If you cannot accept the problems of involvement, do not get involved. Yes, it’s difficult to be a candidate. If you can’t stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen.
See also: if, keep, kitchen, of, out, stand
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- If you can’t stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen
- if you can't stand the heat
- if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
- if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen
- if I was/were in your place
- if I were in your place
- reality of the situation
- be (not) out of the woods
- get down to the facts
- take (something) by the throat