"it never rains but it pours" meaning in English

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Proverb

Etymology: Attested as early as the early 18th century. The modern form of the expression first appeared in print as early as 1772. For quotations using this term, see Citations:it never rains but it pours. Etymology templates: {{langname|en}} English, {{no deprecated lang param usage|For quotations using this term, see Citations:it never rains but it pours.|lang=}} For quotations using this term, see Citations:it never rains but it pours., {{seeCites|en}} For quotations using this term, see Citations:it never rains but it pours. Head templates: {{head|en|proverb|head=}} it never rains but it pours, {{en-proverb}} it never rains but it pours
  1. Unfortunate events occur in quantity. Categories (topical): Rain Synonyms: misfortunes never come singly, it never rains but that it pours, when it rains, it pours Coordinate_terms: bad things come in threes Translations (unfortunate events occur in quantity): les desgràcies mai no venen soles (Catalan), 屋漏偏逢連夜雨 (Chinese Mandarin), 屋漏偏逢连夜雨 (wū lòu piān féng liányè yǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 禍不單行 (Chinese Mandarin), 祸不单行 (huòbùdānxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), když se to sere, tak se to sere [vulgar] (Czech), neštěstí nechodí nikdy samo (Czech), en ulykke kommer sjældent alene (Danish), een ongeluk komt zelden alleen (Dutch), een ongeluk komt nooit alleen (Dutch), malfeliĉo malofte venas sole (Esperanto), sjáldan er ein báran støk (Faroese), har ein skriðan er lopin er onnur væntandi (Faroese), sjáldan kemur eitt óløgi einsamalt (Faroese), ei vahinko yksinään tule (Finnish), kaikki on vastaan, vain saha puoltaa (Finnish), un malheur ne vient jamais seul (French), un malheur n’arrive jamais seul (French), ein Unglück kommt selten allein (German), a baj nem jár egyedül (Hungarian), csőstül jön a baj (Hungarian), sjaldan er ein báran stök (Icelandic), það er ýmist of eða van (Icelandic), i guai non vengono mai da soli (Italian), piove sul bagnato (Italian), al peggio non c'è mai fine (Italian), 불행은 겹친다 (bulhaeng'eun gyeopchinda) (Korean), aliud ex aliō malum (Latin), nūlla calamitās sōla (Latin), Fortūna obesse nūllī contenta est semel (Latin), aliō relinquente flūctū alius excēpit (Latin), dolor dolōrem trūdit et metus metum (Latin), bėda viena nevaikšto (Lithuanian), en Ongléck kënnt seelen eleng (Luxembourgish), en ulykke kommer sjelden alene (Norwegian Bokmål), ei ulykke kjem sjeldan aleine (Norwegian Nynorsk), nieszczęścia chodzą parami (Polish), um mal nunca vem só (Portuguese), uma desgraça nunca vem sozinha (Portuguese), uma desgraça nunca vem só (Portuguese), o nenorocire nu vine niciodată singură (Romanian), nuair a thig air duine, thig air uile (Scottish Gaelic), nesreća nikada ne dolazi sama (Serbo-Croatian), nešťastie nechodí samo (Slovak), nesreča ne pride nikoli sama (Slovene), las desgracias nunca vienen solas (Spanish), cuando llueve, diluvia (Spanish), llueve sobre mojado (Spanish), si no quieres caldo, taza y media (Spanish), a perro flaco, todo son pulgas (Spanish), montar un circo y crecerle los enanos (Spanish), ¿no querías caldo? ¡pues toma dos tazas! (Spanish), en olycka kommer sällan ensam (Swedish), när det regnar så öser det ner (Swedish), họa vô đơn chí (Vietnamese), on måleur ni vént måy tot seu (Walloon), helynt ni ddaw ei hunan (Welsh)

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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
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          "note": "צָרוֹת בָּאוֹת בִּצְרוֹרוֹת (tzarót ba'ót bi-tz'rorót, literally “misfortunes come in packages”)",
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          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "piove sul bagnato"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "al peggio non c'è mai fine"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "踏んだり蹴ったり (ふんだりけったり, fundari-kettari, literally “we often tread on and we often bump off”)",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
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        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "泣きっ面に蜂 (なきっつらにはち, nakittsura ni hachi, literally “a wasp on a tearful face”)",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
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        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "弱り目に祟り目 (よわりめにたたりめ, yowari me ni tatari me, literally “in times of weakness, evil eyes”)",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
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        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "降れば土砂降り (ふればどしゃぶり, fureba doshaburi, literally “if it rains, it pours”)",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
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          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "nūlla calamitās sōla"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "Fortūna obesse nūllī contenta est semel"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "aliō relinquente flūctū alius excēpit"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "dolor dolōrem trūdit et metus metum"
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "bėda viena nevaikšto"
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          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "en Ongléck kënnt seelen eleng"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "en ulykke kommer sjelden alene"
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "ei ulykke kjem sjeldan aleine"
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        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "nieszczęścia chodzą parami"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "um mal nunca vem só"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "uma desgraça nunca vem sozinha"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "uma desgraça nunca vem só"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "o nenorocire nu vine niciodată singură"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "пришла́ беда́ — отворя́й воро́та (prišlá bedá — otvorjáj voróta, literally “when the trouble comes, open the gate”)",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "беда́ одна́ не хо́дит (bedá odná ne xódit, literally “trouble does not come alone”)",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "nuair a thig air duine, thig air uile"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "nesreća nikada ne dolazi sama"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "nešťastie nechodí samo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "nesreča ne pride nikoli sama"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "las desgracias nunca vienen solas"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "cuando llueve, diluvia"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "llueve sobre mojado"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "si no quieres caldo, taza y media"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "a perro flaco, todo son pulgas"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "montar un circo y crecerle los enanos"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "¿no querías caldo? ¡pues toma dos tazas!"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "en olycka kommer sällan ensam"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "när det regnar så öser det ner"
        },
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "note": "ความวัวไม่ทันหาย ความควายเข้ามาแทรก (kwaam-wuua-mâi-tan-hǎai kwaam-kwaai-kâo-maa-sɛ̂ɛk, literally “the condition of cows does not yet cease, the condition of buffaloes comes in to join”)",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "note": "бі́да ні́коли сама́ не хо́дить (bída níkoly samá ne xódytʹ, literally “trouble does not come alone”)",
          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
          "word": "họa vô đơn chí"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wū lòu piān féng liányè yǔ",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "屋漏偏逢连夜雨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "禍不單行"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huòbùdānxíng",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "祸不单行"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "když se to sere, tak se to sere"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "neštěstí nechodí nikdy samo"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "en ulykke kommer sjældent alene"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "een ongeluk komt zelden alleen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "een ongeluk komt nooit alleen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "malfeliĉo malofte venas sole"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "sjáldan er ein báran støk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "har ein skriðan er lopin er onnur væntandi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "sjáldan kemur eitt óløgi einsamalt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "ei vahinko yksinään tule"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "kaikki on vastaan, vain saha puoltaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "un malheur ne vient jamais seul"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "un malheur n’arrive jamais seul"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "ein Unglück kommt selten allein"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "note": "צָרוֹת בָּאוֹת בִּצְרוֹרוֹת (tzarót ba'ót bi-tz'rorót, literally “misfortunes come in packages”)",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "a baj nem jár egyedül"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "csőstül jön a baj"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "sjaldan er ein báran stök"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "það er ýmist of eða van"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "i guai non vengono mai da soli"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "piove sul bagnato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "al peggio non c'è mai fine"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "踏んだり蹴ったり (ふんだりけったり, fundari-kettari, literally “we often tread on and we often bump off”)",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "泣きっ面に蜂 (なきっつらにはち, nakittsura ni hachi, literally “a wasp on a tearful face”)",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "弱り目に祟り目 (よわりめにたたりめ, yowari me ni tatari me, literally “in times of weakness, evil eyes”)",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "降れば土砂降り (ふればどしゃぶり, fureba doshaburi, literally “if it rains, it pours”)",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulhaeng'eun gyeopchinda",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "불행은 겹친다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "aliud ex aliō malum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "nūlla calamitās sōla"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "Fortūna obesse nūllī contenta est semel"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "aliō relinquente flūctū alius excēpit"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "dolor dolōrem trūdit et metus metum"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "bėda viena nevaikšto"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "en Ongléck kënnt seelen eleng"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "en ulykke kommer sjelden alene"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "ei ulykke kjem sjeldan aleine"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "nieszczęścia chodzą parami"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "um mal nunca vem só"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "uma desgraça nunca vem sozinha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "uma desgraça nunca vem só"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "o nenorocire nu vine niciodată singură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "пришла́ беда́ — отворя́й воро́та (prišlá bedá — otvorjáj voróta, literally “when the trouble comes, open the gate”)",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "беда́ одна́ не хо́дит (bedá odná ne xódit, literally “trouble does not come alone”)",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "nuair a thig air duine, thig air uile"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "nesreća nikada ne dolazi sama"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "nešťastie nechodí samo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "nesreča ne pride nikoli sama"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "las desgracias nunca vienen solas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "cuando llueve, diluvia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "llueve sobre mojado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "si no quieres caldo, taza y media"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "llueve sobre mojado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "a perro flaco, todo son pulgas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "montar un circo y crecerle los enanos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "¿no querías caldo? ¡pues toma dos tazas!"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "si no quieres caldo, taza y media"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "en olycka kommer sällan ensam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "när det regnar så öser det ner"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "note": "ความวัวไม่ทันหาย ความควายเข้ามาแทรก (kwaam-wuua-mâi-tan-hǎai kwaam-kwaai-kâo-maa-sɛ̂ɛk, literally “the condition of cows does not yet cease, the condition of buffaloes comes in to join”)",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "note": "бі́да ні́коли сама́ не хо́дить (bída níkoly samá ne xódytʹ, literally “trouble does not come alone”)",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "họa vô đơn chí"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "on måleur ni vént måy tot seu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "unfortunate events occur in quantity",
      "word": "helynt ni ddaw ei hunan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "it never rains but it pours"
}

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