out of the frying pan, into the fire

English

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

Used with verbs like go, move and jump.

get from an already bad situation to a worse one

Chinese:
Mandarin: 每況愈下 (zh), 每况愈下 (zh) (měikuàngyùxià)
Czech: z louže pod okap, z deště pod okap (cs), z bláta do louže (cs) (out of the puddle/rain under the drainpipe, out of the mud into the puddle)
Danish: fra asken i ilden
Dutch: van de regen in de drup, van kwaad tot erger
Finnish: ojasta allikkoon (out of a ditch, into a pond)
French: aller de Charybde en Scylla (fr) (to go from Charybdis to Scylla)
German: vom Regen in die Traufe; aus dem Regen in die Traufe (from the rain into the water running down the roof)
Hungarian: cseberből vederbe (from the can into the bucket)
Icelandic: úr öskunni í eldinn (out of the ashes into the fire)
Irish: amach as na muineacha is isteach sna driseacha (out of the thickets and into the thornbushes)
Italian: cadere dalla padella nella brace (to fall from the frying pan into the embers), dalla padella alla brace
Japanese: 一難去って又一難 (ichinan satte mata itinan)
Lithuanian: nuo vilko ant meškos

Norwegian:
Bokmål: fra asken til ilden (no) (out of the ashes into the fire)
Polish: wpaść z deszczu pod rynnę (pl)
Portuguese: da frigideira para o fogo
Romanian: din lac în puț (from the lake into the pit)
Russian: из огня́ да в по́лымя (ru) (iz ognjá da v pólymja) (out of fire and into flame), от во́лка бежа́л, да на медве́дя попа́л (ot vólka bežál, da na medvédja popál) (ran from a wolf, but ran into a bear)
Spanish: huir del fuego para caer en las brasas, saliste de Guatemala y te metiste en Guatapeor, éramos pocos y parió la abuela (es)
Swedish: ur askan i elden (out of the ashes into the fire)
Thai: หนีเสือปะจระเข้ (nǐi-sʉ̌ʉa-bpà-jɔɔ-rá-kêe) (escape from a tiger only to meet a crocodile)
Turkish: yağmurdan kaçarken doluya tutulmak (tr) (out of the rain into the hail)
Ukrainian: з вогню та в полум'я (z vohnju ta v polumʺja), з дощу та під ринву (z došču ta pid rynvu)
Vietnamese: tránh vỏ dưa gặp vỏ dừa (escape from a watermelon rind only to meet a coconut shell)
Westrobothnian: båʈʈe tjärr å ti värr

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