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Out of the frying pan, into the fire
- Going from a bad situation to one that is even worse.
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Idioms and Phrases
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鈥攐ut of the frying pan into the fire . This expression, a proverb in many languages, was first recorded in English in 1528.Example Sentences
鈥淚t鈥檚 a huge part of me and my character and who I am. However, playing part of that ongoing story for all of those years, it kind of never ends; you鈥檙e out of the frying pan, into the fire, back and forth, the whole time. Playing a story where you read the whole script and you know how it ends, it鈥檚 really satisfying.鈥
鈥淭he problem is 鈥榓n out of the frying pan, into the fire鈥 conundrum, because we鈥檙e moving them to Malakal, and Malakal is itself congested,鈥 Nicholas Haysom, the United Nations chief in South Sudan, told The Associated Press.
鈥淪o it鈥檚 kind of like an out of the frying pan into the fire situation for New Mexico consumers because you need some coverage but the history with California Insurance Co. is that they can鈥檛 be trusted.鈥
鈥淚t is an unfortunate 鈥榦ut of the frying pan, into the fire鈥 situation,鈥 said Briana Abrahms, the study鈥檚 lead author, who is an assistant professor of biology at the University of Washington and researcher with the Center for Ecosystem Sentinels.
"Months ago, we were catching our breath after coronavirus hit and activity was beginning to recover, but we got out of the frying pan into the fire," said the owner of a small souvenir shop on the main promenade in Sharm el-Sheikh's Naama Bay who gave his name as Ashraf, adding that he'd lost about two-thirds of his business.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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