Out Of The Frying Pan, Into The Fire Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Out Of The Frying Pan, Into The Fire Idiom mean?

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Out of the frying pan, into the fire What does Out of the frying pan, into the fire mean?	If you get out of one problem, but find yourself in a worse situation, you are out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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bang/beat one's head against the wall What does "bang/beat one's head against the wall" mean?	to try to do something that is hopeless	I am banging my head against the wall when I try to ask my boss for something.
patch up a relationship What does "patch up a relationship" mean?	repair a broken relationship	repair a broken relationshipAlthough the couple had been fighting and wanted to separate they managed to patch up their relationship and are now very happy together.
call (someone's) bluff What does "call (someone's) bluff" mean?	to force someone to prove that what they are saying is true, to make someone prove that they will really do what they say they will do - usually because you do not believe them (in a card game you tr	My girlfriend always said that she did not want to get married so I called her bluff and asked her to marry me. She said yes.
force (someone's) hand What does "force (someone's) hand" mean?	to make someone do something that they do not want to do at that time	We decided to force the hand of our opponents because we wanted to finish the negotiations quickly.
nothing to write home about What does "nothing to write home about" mean?	nothing exciting or interesting happened	"Did anything interesting happen during your holiday."

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Cry your eyes out What does "Cry your eyes out" mean?	If you cry your eyes out, you cry uncontrollably.
as clean as a hound's tooth What does "as clean as a hound's tooth" mean?	very clean	The classroom was as clean as a hound's tooth when the students finished cleaning it.
up to (something) What does "up to (something)" mean?	occupied in or planning some activity that is often bad	I don`t know what he was up to last night but it was probably something bad.
fiddlesticks What does "fiddlesticks" mean?	drat; darn (used in place of shit to express anger or frustration)

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Out Of The Frying Pan, Into The Fire Idiom