escape the bear and fall to the lion

To avoid a frightening or problematic situation, only to end up in a worse one later. A: "After I swerved to avoid hitting a pedestrian, I wound up in oncoming traffic, and my car was totalled." B: "That's awful. You escaped the bear and fell to the lion."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cruzita	kroo-THEE-tah (Spanish), kroo-SEE-tah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Asia (1)	AY-zhə (English), AH-zyah (Italian)	English (Modern), Italian (Modern)
Lambert	['læmbət]
Leonard	LEN-ərd (English), LAY-o-nahrt (Dutch)	English, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
Makana	-	Hawaiian
Roan	-	Frisian