out of the frying pan, into the fire

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  Move or get from an already bad situation to a worse one; end up in a worse situation when trying to escape from a bad or difficult one.

Usage notes
Used with verbs like, , and.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: z louže pod okap, ,
 * Danish: fra asken i ilden
 * Dutch: van de regen in de drup, van kwaad tot erger
 * Esperanto: fali de sitelo en barelon
 * Finnish: ojasta allikkoon
 * French:
 * German: vom Regen in die Traufe
 * Hebrew: adapted from Isaiah 24:18
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: úr öskunni í eldinn
 * Irish: amach as na muineacha is isteach sna driseacha, ón tine chun na gríosaí
 * Italian: cadere dalla padella nella brace, dalla padella alla brace
 * Japanese:
 * Lithuanian: nuo vilko ant meškos
 * Macedonian: од дожд на град
 * Malay: terlepas dari mulut buaya, masuk ke mulut harimau
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: wpadać z deszczu pod rynnę,
 * Portuguese: da frigideira para o fogo
 * Romanian: din lac în puț
 * Russian:, от во́лка бежа́л, да на медве́дя попа́л
 * Scottish Gaelic: às an dris anns an droigheann, às an teine don ghrìosaich
 * Slovak: z blata do kaluže
 * Spanish: huir del fuego para caer en las brasas, salir de Guatemala y meterse en Guatepeor, salir de Málaga y entrar en Malagón,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: หนีเสือปะจระเข้
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: з вогню та в полум'я, з дощу та під ринву
 * Vietnamese: tránh vỏ dưa gặp vỏ dừa