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Proverb

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when it rains, it pours

  1. Unfortunate events occur in streaks or clusters, often in short periods of time.

Synonyms

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  • it never rains but it pours
  • misfortunes never come singly

Translations

[edit] bad events come in clusters
  • Hindi: कंगाली में आटा गीला (kaṅgālī mẽ āṭā gīlā)
  • Hungarian: csőstül jön a baj, a baj nem jár egyedül (hu)
  • Indonesian: ada nasi di balik kerak
  • Japanese: 悪いことは重なります (warui koto wa kasanarimasu, literally “bad things pile up”)
  • Polish: nieszczęścia chodzą parami (pl)

References

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  • Gregory Y. Titelman (1996), Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, →ISBN, page 172
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