English / proverb
It Never Rains but It Pours
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Misfortunes, challenges, or complicated setbacks rarely arrive singly; they tend to happen all at once
In context
01
First my laptop hard drive failed, and then my car broke down on the expressway—it never rains but it pours!
02
After months of smooth workflow, three major clients terminated contracts in the same week, proving that it never rains but it pours.
Synonyms
misfortunes come in clusters,troubles arrive together,wave of adversity
Antonyms
smooth sailing,peaceful intervals,isolated occurrences
Collocations
case of it never rains but it pours,prove that it never rains but it pours,lament that it never rains but it pours