when it rains, it pours

English

Proverb

when it rains, it pours

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

Synonyms

Translations

bad events come in clusters

Indonesian: ada nasi di balik kerak
Japanese: 悪いことは重なります, 悪いことは重なります (warui koto wa kasanarimasu, literally “bad things pile up”)

References

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

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