Определение out of the pan into the fire в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
(deyim) Out of the pan into the fire is a phrase which can be used in one of two ways. It can be used in the same way as "from bad to worse," which as the wording suggests means going from an unpleasant situation to one even more so - or it can describe the belief that one has escaped a dangerous or troublesome situation, when in actual fact they have entered an even worse one