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"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"note": "வாலு போயி கத்தி வந்தது (vālu pōyi katti vantatu, literally “the sword has left, now the knife has come”)",
"sense": "get from an already bad situation to a worse one"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"note": "หนีเสือปะจระเข้ (nǐi-sʉ̌ʉa-bpà-jɔɔ-rá-kêe, literally “escape from a tiger only to meet a crocodile”)",
"sense": "get from an already bad situation to a worse one"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "get from an already bad situation to a worse one",
"word": "yağmurdan kaçarken doluya tutulmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "z vohnju ta v polumʺja",
"sense": "get from an already bad situation to a worse one",
"word": "з вогню та в полум'я"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "z došču ta pid rynvu",
"sense": "get from an already bad situation to a worse one",
"word": "з дощу та під ринву"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "get from an already bad situation to a worse one",
"word": "tránh vỏ dưa gặp vỏ dừa"
}
],
"word": "out of the frying pan, into the fire"
}
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