"엎친 데 덮치다" meaning in All languages combined

See 엎친 데 덮치다 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Korean]

IPA: [ʌ̹p̚t͡ɕʰin te̞ tʌ̹p̚t͡ɕʰida̠] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: eopchin de deopchida [romanization]
Etymology: Literally, "to strike when down". Head templates: {{ko-pos|idiom|head=엎친 데 덮치다}} 엎친 데 덮치다 • (eopchin de deopchida)
  1. (for something) to make matters worse/add insult to injury; for one bad event/misfortune to follow another; it never rains but it pours Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 엎치고 덮치다 (eopchigo deopchida) Related terms: 설상가상(雪上加霜) (seolsanggasang)

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  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"to strike when down\".",
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        "to make matters worse/add insult to injury; for one bad event/misfortune to follow another; it never rains but it pours"
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          "add insult to injury",
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        [
          "it never rains but it pours",
          "it never rains but it pours"
        ]
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        "(for something) to make matters worse/add insult to injury; for one bad event/misfortune to follow another; it never rains but it pours"
      ],
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        "for something"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "seolsanggasang",
          "word": "설상가상(雪上加霜)"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "eopchigo deopchida",
          "word": "엎치고 덮치다"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[ʌ̹p̚t͡ɕʰin te̞ tʌ̹p̚t͡ɕʰida̠]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[업친데덥치다]"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "eopchin de deopchida",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "ko-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "seolsanggasang",
      "word": "설상가상(雪上加霜)"
    }
  ],
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        "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
        "Korean terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make matters worse/add insult to injury; for one bad event/misfortune to follow another; it never rains but it pours"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make matters worse",
          "make matters worse"
        ],
        [
          "add insult to injury",
          "add insult to injury"
        ],
        [
          "it never rains but it pours",
          "it never rains but it pours"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(for something) to make matters worse/add insult to injury; for one bad event/misfortune to follow another; it never rains but it pours"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "for something"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʌ̹p̚t͡ɕʰin te̞ tʌ̹p̚t͡ɕʰida̠]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[업친데덥치다]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "eopchigo deopchida",
      "word": "엎치고 덮치다"
    }
  ],
  "word": "엎친 데 덮치다"
}

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