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jump out of the frying pan into the fire

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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