My situation was like out of the frying pan ___ the fire.

A) in
B) into
C) on
D) off

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Answer: B) into

Explanation

"Into". The fixed saying is "out of the frying pan into the fire": escaping one trouble only to land in a worse one. "Into" shows movement from outside to inside, matching the image of falling from the pan into the flames.

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My situation was like out of the frying pan ___ the fire.

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