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Out of the frying pan into the fire Meaning in English

expression

OWT-uhv-thuh FRY-ing pan IN-too-thuh FY-ur
OWT-ov-thuh fry-ING pan IN-too-thuh FY-uh

परिभाषा

This expression means escaping from a bad situation only to end up in an even worse one.

उपयोग और बारीकियां

Used informally and often humorously or ironically. Typically follows a story of trying to solve a problem and ending up worse—often with 'go', 'jump', or 'fall'. Similar: 'from bad to worse'. Not used for minor inconveniences.

Spanish: salir de Guatemala y entrar en Guatepeor - de mal en peor (expresión) - salir del sartén y caer en el fuegoPortuguese (BR): sair da frigideira para o fogo - trocar seis por meia dúzia (expressão)Portuguese (PT): sair da frigideira para o fogo - de mal a pior (expressão)Chinese (Simplified): 跳出油锅落入火坑 - 越来越糟（成语）Chinese (Traditional): 跳出油鍋落入火坑 - 每況愈下（成語）Hindi: आसमान से गिरे, खजूर में अटके - एक मुसीबत से निकल कर दूसरी में फँसनाArabic: من المقلى إلى النار - من سيئ إلى أسوأ (تعبير)Bengali: আসছি কুমীরের মুখ থেকে বাঘের মুখেRussian: из огня да в полымяJapanese: 一難去ってまた一難Vietnamese: tránh vỏ dưa gặp vỏ dừaKorean: 설상가상 - 갈수록 태산Turkish: bir dertten kurtulurken daha büyüğüne yakalanmak - yağan yağmurdan kaçarken doluya tutulmakUrdu: آگ سے نکل کر کھائی میں جاناIndonesian: lepas dari mulut harimau, masuk ke mulut buaya

उदाहरण वाक्य

After quitting her stressful job, she found her new boss was even harsher—out of the frying pan into the fire.

basic

He moved to a new city to escape high rent, but the cost of living was higher—out of the frying pan into the fire.

basic

Changing doctors did not help her symptoms; it was out of the frying pan into the fire.

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We tried to avoid the traffic jam by taking a different route, but we hit even worse traffic—out of the frying pan into the fire!

natural

Switching apartments to avoid noisy neighbors just got us even noisier ones. Talk about out of the frying pan into the fire.

natural

Trying to fix my old laptop only broke it more—classic out of the frying pan into the fire situation.

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