dalla padella alla brace

out of the frying pan and into the fire

→ dalla

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out of the frying pan and into the fire An idiom used when someone moves from a bad situation to an even worse one. The literal meaning is “from the frying pan to the embers.”

IT: Dopo aver lasciato il vecchio lavoro, è passata dalla padella alla brace.

EN: After leaving her old job, she went from the frying pan into the fire.

Siete passati dalla padella alla brace.

You’ve gone from the frying pan into the fire.

Siete passate dalla padella alla brace.

You’ve gone from bad to worse.

Sei passata dalla padella alla brace.

You’ve gone from bad to worse.

È passata dalla padella alla brace.

She jumped from the frying pan into the fire.