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out of the frying pan into the fire

from a bad situation to a worse one

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(idiom) to escape from one bad or dangerous situation only to find yourself in an even worse one

Examples

• When he quit his stressful job, he thought his problems would end, but he went out of the frying pan into the fire when his new job turned out to be even worse.

Nearby in Idioms & Sayings

make a mountain out of a molehill, needle in a haystack, on cloud nine, penny for your thoughts, pull out all the stops, put all your eggs in one basket