a baj nem jár egyedül

Hungarian

Etymology

a (“the”) +‎ baj (“trouble”) +‎ nem (“not”) +‎ jár (“to walk, go”) +‎ egyedül (“alone”), literally “trouble does not walk alone”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɒ ˈbɒj ˈnɛmjaːr ˌɛɟɛdyl]
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Proverb

a baj nem jár egyedül

when it rains, it pours, it never rains but it pours, misfortunes never come singly (unfortunate events occur in quantity)
Synonym: csőstül jön a baj

Further reading

Paczolay, Gyula: 750 Hungarian Proverbs. Veszprém: Veszprémi Nyomda. 1991. →ISBN

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