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out of the frying pan into the fire
Definition:  when one leaves a difficult condition to a worse one, with the hope that the one you are leaving into will be better than the first one
Usage:  I left Peter and started dating john hoping that he will treat me better and with respect, but I have realised that John is worse than Peter; talk about getting out of the frying pan into the fire
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SEPEDI
Translation:  go tšwa ka segadikelong seo se kgakgathago go wela ka mollong
Proverb: motšhabapula o tšhabela matlorotlorong
XITSONGA
Translation:  ku suka eka pani ro chachamisa ku ya endzilweni
Proverb: huma mhirhi ku nghena mamba
TSHIVENḒA
Translation:  u bva ludongoni lwa u hadzinga ha dzhenwa muliloni
Proverb: tivha ḽo xa, khovhe i dziedzini