Spanish: Salir De Guatemala Y Entrar En Guatepeor*

Type: Saying/Proverb

Meaning: Out of the frying pan and into the fire

Cambié de trabajo pues mi jefe era terrible. Pero el nuevo trabajo es igual de feo, y más lejos de casa. Salí de Guatemala y entré en Guatepeor.
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Translation: “I changed jobs because my boss was the pits. But the new job is just as bad and farther from my house. I jumped out of the frying pan andand into the fire.”.

*This play on words is based on changing the “mala” (in English, “bad”) in Guatemala to “peor,” which means “worse.”