out of the frying pan into the fire
11Out of the frying pan, into the fire — If you get out of one problem, but find yourself in a worse situation, you are out of the frying pan, into the fire …
12out of the frying pan into the fire — This expression means to go from one difficult situation to another one which is usually even worse. The flight was delayed because of snow. When the plane eventually took off, it had to turn back because of engine trouble out of the… …
13out of the frying pan into the fire — out of one problem and into a larger one, moving from one problem to a greater one, going from a bad situation to a worse situation …
14out of the frying pan into the fire — from a bad situation to one that is worse. → frying pan …
15jump from the frying pan into the fire — See: OUT OP THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE …
16jump from the frying pan into the fire — See: OUT OP THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE …
17jump\ from\ the\ frying\ pan\ into\ the\ fire — See: out of the frying pan into the fire …
18out of the frying pan into the fire — phrasal clear of one difficulty only to fall into a greater one …
19from/out of the frying pan into the fire — from/out of the frying pan (and) into the fire see ↑frying pan • • • Main Entry: ↑fire from/out of the frying pan (and) into the fire ◇ If you have gone or jumped from or out of the frying pan (and) into the fire, you have gone from a bad… …
20out of the frying pan, into the fire — adverb From an already bad situation to a worse one …