单词 | out of the smoke into the fire |
释义 | > as lemmasout of the smoke into the fire ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > there is danger in a course of action [phrase] > out of a small danger into a great one (to jump, leap, etc.) out of the frying pan into the fire1532 out of the smoke into the fire1547 out of the pan into the firea1599 1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes sig. fivv Leaste by fleynge the smoke, we fall into the fyre. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xiv. ii. 25 Hee..went just as the old proverbe saith, out of the smoke into the light fire. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 277 Thus must I from the smoake into the smother. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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