out of the frying pan, into the fire: meaning & examples

Language: English

Meanings:

1.
General EnglishUSUKidiomaticproverbialMachine
- Moving from a bad, difficult, or dangerous situation to one that is worse.
- Attempting to escape a problem only to enter into a more serious problem.
Examples
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- After quitting his stressful job, he quickly found himself out of the frying pan, into the fire with an even tougher position.
  Después de dejar su trabajo estresante, pronto se vio de mal en peor con un puesto aún más difícil.
- I thought moving to the city would solve my problems, but it was really out of the frying pan, into the fire.
  Pensé que mudarme a la ciudad resolvería mis problemas, pero fue pasar de mal en peor.
- She tried to escape one toxic relationship only to jump out of the frying pan, into the fire with someone even worse.
  Ella intentó escapar de una relación tóxica solo para caer en otra peor.

Examples:

EN: But, it was really jumping out of the frying pan, into the fire, and I had no idea.
ES: Pero, realmente estaba saltando de la sartén, en el fuego, y no tenía idea.
EN: But now, it's out of the frying pan, into the fire.
ID: Namun, kini, lepas dari satu bahaya, masuk ke bahaya lain.

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Source: Wiktionary

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