Out of the frying pan into the fire
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Out of the frying pan into the fire is a phrase which can be used in one of two ways. It can be used in the same way as "from bad to worse," which as the wording suggests means going from an unpleasant situation to one even more so - or it can describe the belief that one has escaped a dangerous or troublesome situation, when in actual fact they have entered an even worse one.
In popular culture, it is the title of the 6th chapter of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit". Jim Steinman has written a song called "Out Of The Frying Pan (And Into The Fire)", which appears on his solo album and on Meat Loaf's "Bat Out Of Hell II".
[edit] Television
A cooking show "Out of the Frying Pan" aired in 1977, when animal rights campaigners protested against the butchering of a pig live on air.
An episode of Sex and the City is titled 'Out of the Frying Pan', (Season 6, Episode 90)
The Charlie Hoover [1] episode 'Out of the Frying Pan'. (Season 1, Episode 5)
[edit] Film
Two films in 1914 went by the name Out of the Frying Pan ([2] and [3] )
A 1942 animated film is titled Out of the Frying Pan Into the Firing Line. [4]
Out of the Flying Pan (2001), a short film by Jack S. Kimball. [5]
