out of the frying pan into the fire

Examples from literature

Fry by spoonfuls on hot greased griddle or iron frying pan. 
Have ready in a frying pan a dozen onions cut in slices and fried brown in a little beef drippings or butter. 
Into the frying pan put a large spoonful of butter, one or two cupfuls of milk, and any gravy that may be left over. 
Place the oysters in a hot frying pan and brown on both sides lightly. 
To do this correctly, a thick bottomed frying pan should be used. 

frying pan | American Dictionary

frying pan
noun[ C ]
us/ˈfrɑɪ·ɪŋ ˌpæn/
a flat metal pan with a long handle, used for frying food

Examples of frying pan

frying pan
By the mid-1980s it had become clear that a completely unexpected case of 'out of the fryingpan into the fire' had emerged.
But this takes the character theory out of the fryingpan of act-marginalization into the fire of no-fault criminal liability.
There is no point is getting out of the fryingpan and stepping straight into the fire.
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