What does the fat hit the fire mean?

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the fat hit the fire

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

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pull the fat out of the fire pull someone's fat out of the fire the fat is in the fire

pull the fat out of the fire pull someone's fat out of the fire the fat is in the fire

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