من تحت الدلف لتحت المزراب
English translation: Out of the frying pan, into the fire
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| 17:42 Sep 9, 2012 |
| Arabic to English translations [PRO] Folklore / أمثلة: علم الأحياء المجهري، علم الأخلاقعلم الوراثة | ||||
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| 5 +4 | Out of the frying pan, into the fire |
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peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4Out of the frying pan, into the fire Explanation: If you get out of one problem, but find yourself in a worse situation, you are out of the frying pan, into the fire. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 mins (2012-09-09 18:01:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ant there is another idiom "go from bad to worse" to progress from a bad situation to one that is worse if a situation goes from bad to worse, it gets worse than it already was to become even more difficult or unpleasant -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 19 mins (2012-09-09 18:02:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- and there is another idiom "go from bad to worse" to become even more difficult or unpleasant if a situation goes from bad to worse, it gets worse than it already was to progress from a bad situation to one that is worse |
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