Out of the peat-pot into the mire.
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Slowly but surely.
- Slow and steady Wins the race.
- Out of the frying pan into the fire.
- 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.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Ex cinere in prunas.
From ashes to plums.
French
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Tomber de Charybde en Scylla.
Falling from Charybdis into Scylla.
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Se jeter à l'eau de peur de la pluie.
Jump into the water for fear of the rain.
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Sauter de la poêle sur la braise.
Jump out of the pan onto the coals.
German
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Aus dem Regen in die Traufe.
Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
Czech
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Z bláta do louže, z louže pod okap.
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Trefil z deště pod žlab.
He hit out of the rain under the gutter.
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Chtě se louže uvarovati, upadl do bláta.
And when he would have boiled the puddle, he fell into the mud.
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Trefil z bláta do louže.
He's hit a mud puddle.
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Utekl z deště pod okap.
He escaped from the rain under the eaves.
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Skočil z bláta do kaluže.
He jumped from the mud into a puddle.