Out of the frying pan and into the fire

Meaning

Moving from a difficult situation to one that is even worse. It suggests that your attempt to escape trouble actually landed you in more danger.

Dramatic, fatalistic

Used in a sentence

• We quit our stressful jobs only to get hired at an even more chaotic company, talk about out of the frying pan and into the fire.
• He avoided the tax penalty but faced a criminal investigation, straight out of the frying pan and into the fire.
• I fixed the sink only for the toilet to overflow, out of the frying pan and into the fire.