2.out of the frying pan and into the fireWORSEto go from a badsituation to one that is even worse 跳出油锅又落入火里〔比喻境况愈来愈糟〕
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frying pan• Meanwhile heat the remainingbutter in a frying pan, add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.• Marinatedmeatsizzled in a frying pan.• Pourhalf of the oliveoil into a frying pan and add the sugar and tomatoes.• Heat butter and oil in a heavy-based frying pan.• He felt caught between the frying pan and the fire with the literary women in his life.• He covers the frying pan and cooks his sandwich until the bottom gets golden and crisp and then flips it over.• But was he going from the frying pan into the fire?