escape the bear and fall to the lion



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."
See also: and, bear, escape, fall, lion

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Fishke-Yiddish
Soraya-Persian, Spanish, French
Lanny['læni]
Eun-Jiuwn-jeeKorean
Torny-Norwegian
Octave-French