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| Russian | English |
| из огня да в полымя | out of the frying pan and into the fire (Andrey Truhachev) |
| из огня да в полымя | out of the trying pen into the fire |
| между двух огней | in the crossfire (тж. caught in the crossfire: When the two taxi drivers started to argue, their passengers were caught in the crossfire Taras) |
| находиться между двух огней | caught in the crossfire (When the two taxi drivers started to argue, their passengers were caught in the crossfire Taras) |
| подвергать огню критики | broadside (Vadim Rouminsky) |
| попасть из огня да в полымя | jump out of the frying pan into the fire (Andrey Truhachev) |
| таскать для кого-либо каштаны из огня | pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire (Avrelius) |