Out of the frying pan into the fire
PHRASE ORIGINATING FROM A 15TH-CENTURY FABLE
Jumping from the Frying Pan into the Fire; Out of the frying pan, into the fire; Out of the frying pan; Jumping from the frying pan into the fire
The phrase out of the frying pan into the fire is used to describe the situation of moving or getting from a bad or difficult situation to a worse one, often as the result of trying to escape from the bad or difficult one.Dictionary of Phrase and Fable , edited by the Rev.