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

English

Etymology

Attributed to Harry S. Truman, coined in a July 1942 newspaper.

Proverb

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

1. If you cannot handle the pressure, you should not remain in a position where you have to deal with it.

Translations

If you cannot handle the pressure, you should not remain in a position where you have to deal with it

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 冇咁大個頭，唔好戴咁大頂帽／冇咁大个头，唔好戴咁大顶帽 (mou⁵ gam³ daai⁶ go³ tau⁴, m⁴ hou² daai³ gam³ daai⁶ deng² mou^6-2) (Don't wear such a big hat if you don't have such a big head.)

  Mandarin: 沒有金剛鑽，別攬瓷器活／没有金刚钻，别揽瓷器活 (méiyǒu jīngāngzuàn, bié lǎn cíqì huó) (if you don't have a diamond, stay out of porcelain business.)

• Finnish: joka leikkiin ryhtyy, se leikin kestäköön (the one who enters the game should not leave the game)
• German: wenn du die Hitze nicht verträgst, geh nicht in die Küche
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• Korean: 절이 싫으면 중이 떠나야 한다 (jeor-i sireumyeon jung-i tteonaya handa, literally “If the monk hates the monastery, he should leave”)
• Norwegian: den som er med på leken, må tåle steken (those who are in on the game, must be able to handle the heat)
• Portuguese: os incomodados que se mudem (literally “the annoyed ones should move themselves”)
• Russian: волко́в боя́ться — в лес не ходи́ть (ru) (volkóv bojátʹsja — v les ne xodítʹ) (if you are afraid of wolves, don't go to the woods)
• Spanish: si no puedes aguantar el calor, sal de la cocina