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What is a word that describes when you try to fix something bad but destroy something good in the process?

English Language & Usage Asked by user366142 on November 28, 2020

I am watching a video of a person releasing a mouse from a plastic trap into the "wild," but it was actually released in an open field. The freed mouse gets across the field and then a large bird happens upon it. Is there a word that describes "Hell is paved with good intentions?" Kind of ironic, but saying more than it merely backfired.

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Situations as the one you are describing are generally referred to as:

out of the frying pan into the fire (saying)

when you move from a bad or difficult situation to one that is worse

(Cambridge Dictionary)

Answered by user121863 on November 28, 2020

Another phrase:

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/going+from+bad+to+worse

Going from bad to worse.

Answered by Xanne on November 28, 2020

To throw the baby out with the bathwater. LINK

To discard something valuable or important while disposing of something considered worthless, especially an outdated idea or form of behavior.

Answered by GEdgar on November 28, 2020

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