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Phrase(s): *out of the frying pan (and) into the fire
Fig. from a bad situation to a worse situation. (*Typically: get ~; go ~; jump ~.) • When I tried to argue about my fine for a traffic violation, the judge charged me with contempt of court. I really went out of the frying pan into the fire. • I got deeply in debt. Then I really got out of the frying pan into the fire when I lost my job.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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From a bad situation to one that is much worse. For example, After Karen quit the first law firm she went to one with even longer hours? out of the frying pan into the fire. This expression, a proverb in many languages, was first recorded in English in 1528.
American Heritage Idioms