Out of the frying pan into the fire. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Slowly but surely.
- Slow and steady Wins the race.
- Rome was not built in one day.
- More haste, less speed.
- Make haste slowly.
- Nothing should be done in haste but gripping a flea.
- Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
- Good and quickly seldom meet.
- Today a man, tomorrow a mouse.
- Stuff today and starve tomorrow.
- Out of the peat-pot into the mire.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
- Shunning the smoke they fall into the fire.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Cineres evitans, in carbones incidit.
Avoiding the ashes, he fell into the coals.
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Fumum fugiens in ignem cecidit.
Fleeing the smoke, he fell into the fire.
French
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Se jeter dans le feu pour éviter la fumée.
Throw yourself into the fire to avoid the smoke.
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Tomber de poêle en braise.
Falling from pan to ember.
German
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Aus der Pfanne ins Feuer.
From the pan into the fire.
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Aus der Pfanne ins Feuer fallen.
Drop from the pan into the fire.
Czech
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Chtěje se kyji vyhnouti, trefil jsem na palici.
I tried to avoid the club, but I hit it on the head.
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Chtěje dýmu ujíti, upadl jsem do ohně.
And to escape the smoke, I fell into the fire.
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Přišel z kyje na palici.
He came in from the sea on a stick.
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Z kočáru na káru.
From carriage to cart.
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Z dýmu do ohně padnouti.
To fall from the smoke into the fire.