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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
BÁLint	BAH-leent	Hungarian
Tyrrell	tie-REL	English (Rare)
Kasumi	kah-soo-mee	Japanese
Geoffrey	['dʒefri]
Alway	['ɔ:lwei]
Odilon	-	French, Portuguese