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jump out of the frying pan into the fire

jump out of the frying pan (and) into the fire

to go from a bad situation to an even worse one Many kids who run away from unhappy homes discover they've jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.
See also: fire, fry, jump, of, out, pan

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
SaŠA-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
AdamA-dəm (English), a-DAWN (French), AH-dahm (German, Polish), AH:-dahm (Dutch), ah-DAHM (Russian, Ukrainian)English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainia
Hafsah-Arabic
Epaphroditosee-paf-rə-DIE-təs (English)Ancient Greek
SpuriusSPUWR-i-uwsAncient Roman
Payam-Persian
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