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| proverb |
if it rains at eleven, 'twill last till seven; agues come on horseback but go away on foot; trouble comes in threes (bookworm); it never rains but it pours; never rains, but it pisses down (Alcha); misfortunes come on horseback, and go away on foot; evil chance seldom comes alone; bad things come in threes (открывай VLZ_58); when it rains, it pours |
| proverb, explan. |
misfortunes never come alone; an evil chance seldom comes alone; one misfortune comes upon the back of another; one misfortune comes upon the neck of another; one woe doth tread upon another's heels; mischiefs come by the pound and go away by the ounce (contrast: better luck next time. wherever a man dwell, he shall be sure to have a thorn-bush near his door); troubles never come singly (В.И.Макаров); misfortunes never come alone one misfortune comes on the neck of another; misfortunes never come single; one misfortune comes on the on the back of another; bad things happening in threes (Captain-M); misfortunes never come singly; disasters come treading on each other's heels; misfortune never comes alone; misfortune never comes singly; when sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions; when sorrows come, they not come single spies, but in battalions (george serebryakov) |
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it never rains but it pours; open gate when disaster is coming |
