Multiple choice

Directions: Fill up the blank of the proverb with the word given in the options. Out of the frying pan into the ____.

  1. house

  2. water

  3. building

  4. fire
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

'Out of the frying pan into the fire' describes escaping one bad situation only to land in a worse one. The frying pan represents danger, but fire represents even greater peril. This proverb warns that desperate solutions can escalate problems rather than solve them.

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