APAD: It never rains but it pours

'It never rains but it pours'?

       When troubles come they come together.

What's the origin of the phrase 'It never rains but it pours'?

A proverbial phrase. The origin is unknown but the phrase has been in use since the early 18th century; for example, this item from a work by John Arbuthnot, 1726:

  It cannot rain but it pours; or London strow'd with rarities.

 

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• 问移花兄好！急着出门，压贴了不好意思啊 -做加法的蘑菇- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/23/2023 postreply 05:09:49

• 呵呵，还有压帖这一说？我隔一天必发一个谚语，还有额外的，几乎天天被压 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/23/2023 postreply 05:34:08

• Morning ～～ 占位点赞，有空细看～～ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/23/2023 postreply 05:36:34

• 那啥不单行啊～我马上出门，当没看见 -唐歌- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/23/2023 postreply 06:03:03

• It never rains but it pours...when it rains... -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/23/2023 postreply 06:44:01

• it's raining cats and dogs out there ！ -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/23/2023 postreply 06:44:22

• 吼吼 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (311 bytes) () 12/23/2023 postreply 06:47:40

• The train always comes late when it rains. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/23/2023 postreply 07:10:38

• what's the other 1? bad things happen in 3 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/23/2023 postreply 07:20:23

• I don't allow more than two bad things to happen at once. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/23/2023 postreply 08:30:30

• It could also mean good things coming altogether, right? : ) -天玉之- ♀ (162 bytes) () 12/23/2023 postreply 09:59:17

• Come in pair 就够好了 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/23/2023 postreply 12:03:21

• so it’s summer:)) -卫宁- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/23/2023 postreply 15:06:00