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misfortunes_never_come_singly

misfortunes never come singly

English

Proverb

misfortunes never come singly

bad things or situations always come in groups, they never come in a single way.

Translations

proverb

Arabic: المصائب لا تأتي فرادى
Chinese:
Mandarin: 禍不單行 (zh), 祸不单行 (zh) ‎(huòbùdānxíng)
Danish: en ulykke kommer sjældent alene
Esperanto: malfeliĉo malofte venas sole
Finnish: ei kahta kolmannetta
French: un malheur n'arrive jamais seul

German: ein Unglück kommt selten allein (de)
Norwegian: en ulykke kommer sjelden alene (no)
Portuguese: uma desgraça nunca vem sozinha
Russian: пришла́ беда́ — отворя́й воро́та (ru) ‎(prišlá bedá — otvorjáj voróta) (when trouble comes, open the gates)

See also

bad things come in threes
when it rains, it pours