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Meaning of it never rains but it pours in English

it never rains but it pours

idiom   UK saying (US when it rains, it pours)
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(Definition of it never rains but it pours from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of it never rains but it pours

in Chinese (Traditional)
不雨則已，一雨傾盆, 禍不單行…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
不雨则已，一雨倾盆, 祸不单行…
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in Spanish
las desgracias nunca vienen solas, siempre llueve sobre mojado…
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