frying pan油锅，out of the frying pan and into the fire , 指的就是一个人从一个很糟糕的境况下，进入到了一个甚至更差的情况，即刚出龙潭，又入虎穴；跳出油锅，又到了火里；每况愈下。

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Those poor refugees escaped the famine but ended up in a war zone—out of the frying pan into the fire.
那些可怜的难民躲过了饥荒，却又到了战争区域。真是刚出龙潭，又入虎穴啊！

I thought my old job was stressful, but my new one is 10 times worse. It's like going out of the frying pan and into the fire.
我觉得我以前的工作压力很大，但我的新工作比这差了十倍。跳出油锅，又到了火里啊！