English

Proverb

when it rains, it pours

1. Alternative form of it never rains but it pours

Translations

See also

• bad things come in threes
• misfortunes never come singly, misfortunes never come alone

References

• Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 367.