Here’s another famous expression that uses the word heat!
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
This means:
If you cannot handle the pressure, you should not be in a position where you have to deal with it.
This was first said (according to Wiktionary) by the 33rd president of the United States. Harry S. Truman.
I found an idiom in Russian with a similar meaning.
I found an idiom in Russian with a similar meaning.
- Russian: волков бояться — в лес не ходить (ru) (volkóv boját’sja — v les ne xodít’) (if you are afraid of wolves, don’t go to the woods)
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