Standing

out of the frying pan into the fire

there is a government of coercion

out of frying pan into the fire, to go from a bad to worse situation

stuck, hooked, anchored

withhold, postpone, keep dangling

most pious

complicate

hinged on

out of the frying pan into the fire

useless, old, broken, damaged

(of some work) be hindered

cowardly, timid

the seed-pod of poppy plant

pellet fired by a gun

blade or shoot of barley, poppy head

drip-drop, very light shower of rain, drizzle

timidity, weakness

nanny or her husband, husband of one's foster-mother or midwife

leaning against, reclining upon one side

abstaining from evil, piety, righteousness

pietist, pious peoples

(small intestine) from, entrails, intestines, guts, viscera, tripe