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

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1. Don't take on a job if you are unwilling to face its pressures.

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if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen Idioms  

1. 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]

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This saying was a favorite of President Harry S. Truman.

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As Harry Truman famously said, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”

From Salon

“If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” advises a favorite proverb of tough-love advocates.

From Los Angeles Times

“And that’s it. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”

From Washington Post

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen—but noted hothead Tyrrell Hatton seems to fit right in.

From Golf Digest

Truman: “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”; Mr. Trump: “Fake news.”

From Washington Post