- when it rains it pours
- when it comes we get too much, feast or famine
"Tonight we don't have enough chairs for everybody." "When it rains it pours!"
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when it rains it pours
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when it rains, it pours — (or it never rains but it pours) see ↑rain, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑pour when it rains, it pours (US) (or chiefly Brit it never rains but it pours) informal used to say that when something bad happens other bad things u … Useful english dictionary
when it rains, it pours — This idiom means that when things go wrong, a lot of things go wrong at the same time … The small dictionary of idiomes
When It Rains, It Pours — For the product using the slogan When It Rains, It Pours , see Morton Salt. Infobox Album Name = When It Rains, It Pours Type = Album Artist = Adamantium Released = August, 2000 Recorded = April 2000 – May 2000 at Double Time Studios, Death… … Wikipedia
when it rains, it pours — This idiom means that when things go wrong, a lot of things go wrong at the same time. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
when it rains it pours — troubles come only in large packages, problems come all at once … English contemporary dictionary
when it rains it pours — I proverb misfortunes or difficult situations tend to follow each other in rapid succession or to arrive all at the same time II see pour … Useful english dictionary
it never rains but it pours — When things, esp troublesome things, start happening, they happen all at once • • • Main Entry: ↑pour * * * it never rains but it pours spoken phrase used for saying that problems often seem to happen all at the same time. The American phrase is… … Useful english dictionary
it never rains but it pours — An archaic use of but to introduce an inevitable accompanying circumstance. 1726 J. ARBUTHNOT (title) It cannot rain but it pours. 1770 C. BURNEY Music, Men and Manners in France and Italy (1974) 22 July 54 The singers were the same as I had… … Proverbs new dictionary
it never rains but it pours — spoken used for saying that problems often seem to happen all at the same time. The American phrase is when it rains, it pours … English dictionary
it never rains but it pours — when it comes we get too much, feast or famine Tonight we don t have enough chairs for everybody. It never rains but it pours! … English idioms
