when it rains, it pours

proverb When something good or bad happens, similarly good or bad things tend to follow. After months of looking for a job, I suddenly have three job interviews this week. When it rains, it pours. Everyone in my house is sick right now because when it rains, it pours.

See also: pour

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

it never rains but it pours
separate the sheep from the goats
separate the sheep from the goats, to
sort out/separate the sheep from the goats
a curate's egg
curate
curate's egg
have a bad opinion of (someone or something)
have a good, bad, high, low, etc. opinion of somebody/something
curses, like chickens, come home to roost

References in periodicals archive

He added: "When it rains, it pours. He was going to be important for us.

KING OUT FOR RAMS

For scrap processors, sometimes when it rains, it pours. Processors who have enough equipment on hand to bale their flow of scrap one month may find them selves short-handed the next month when one or two major projects come their way.

On the spot: National Recycling Services delivers added processing power to high-volume scrap jobs. (Cover Story)

词组	when it rains, it pours
释义	when it rains, it pours when it rains, it pours proverb When something good or bad happens, similarly good or bad things tend to follow. After months of looking for a job, I suddenly have three job interviews this week. When it rains, it pours. Everyone in my house is sick right now because when it rains, it pours. See also: pour Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: it never rains but it pours separate the sheep from the goats separate the sheep from the goats, to sort out/separate the sheep from the goats a curate's egg curate curate's egg have a bad opinion of (someone or something) have a good, bad, high, low, etc. opinion of somebody/something curses, like chickens, come home to roost References in periodicals archive He added: "When it rains, it pours. He was going to be important for us. KING OUT FOR RAMS For scrap processors, sometimes when it rains, it pours. Processors who have enough equipment on hand to bale their flow of scrap one month may find them selves short-handed the next month when one or two major projects come their way. On the spot: National Recycling Services delivers added processing power to high-volume scrap jobs. (Cover Story)
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