out of the frying pan and into the fire
Its from an old Latin fable about fish convincing each other that jumping out of the frying pan is the only way to avoid certain doom. In modern times i means rushing out of a bad situation without considering the implications.
Poor old Ben jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire when he quit the job he hated to find himself homeless and unemployable
out of the frying pan and into the fire by Omniomega24 September 20, 2016
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