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