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Iris Song
Out of the frying pan into the fire
I have been reading The Hobbit recently. This phrase jumped into my eye and drew my attention.
"Escaping goblins to be caught by wolves!" Bilbo said, and it became a proverb, though we now say "out of the frying pan into the fire" in the sam sort of uncomfortable situations.
This proverb has a corresponding Chinese proverb: 才出虎口,又进狼窝 , which literally means "out of the tiger cave into the wolf den."
Do you know some other phrases which have the similar meaning?
Jul 29, 2016 6:54 PM
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I have been reading The Hobbit recently. This phrase caught my eye and drew my attention.
"Escaping goblins to be caught by wolves!" Bilbo said, and it became a proverb, though we now say "out of the frying pan into the fire" in the same sort of uncomfortable situations.
This proverb has a corresponding Chinese proverb: 才出虎口,又进狼窝 , which literally means "out of the tiger cave into the wolf den."
Do you know some other phrases which have the similar meaning?
Hey there! Just made a few tiny corrections for you!
The one similar phrase I can think of that is used frequently where I am from is "Caught between a rock and a hard place"!
July 29, 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_the_devil_and_the_deep_blue_sea
might help you
July 31, 2016
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Iris Song
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Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Spanish
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English, French, Spanish
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