vom Regen in die Taufe
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From vom Regen in die Traufe, either by corruption because Traufe is a rather rare word nowadays or deliberately in a humorous manner, especially when the non-idiomatic meaning resurfaces because the particular misfortune has to do with water.
Phrase
[edit]- (humorous) out of the frying pan, into the fire (from a bad situation to a worse one)