jump from the frying pan into the fire

See: OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE.

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fire

[fire] See: [BALL OF FIRE], [BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA] or [BETWEEN TWO FIRES], [BUILD A FIRE UNDER], [BURNT CHILD DREADS THE FIRE], [CATCH FIRE], [DRAW FIRE], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

out of the frying pan into the fire

[out of the frying pan into the fire] Out of one trouble into worse trouble; from something bad to something worse. - A proverb. * /The movie cowboy was out […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fry

[fry] See: [OTHER FISH TO FRY], [OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE], [SMALL FRY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

into the fire

[into the fire] See: [OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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