It's out of the frying pan into the soup perhaps (7)
I believe the answer is:
crouton
'frying pan into the soup perhaps' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'it's out of' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'out' is 'uto' which is located in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for crouton that I've seen before include "lands in the soup" , "Small cube of toasted bread" , "Fried bread as garnish" , "One might be in the soup" , "Small piece of toasted bread in soup or salad" .)