it never rains but it pours

뜻

bad things tend to happen all at the same time

나쁜 일은 한꺼번에 겹쳐 일어나기 마련이다.

예문

1. 1First the boiler broke, then the car failed its MOT — it never rains but it pours.
2. 2Aisha sprained her ankle the week her exams started and then caught flu: it never rains but it pours.
3. 3My flight was delayed, my bag went missing and now the hotel has lost my booking — it never rains but it pours!
4. 4Why is it that it never rains but it pours? Every bill seems to arrive in the same week.
5. 5When the captain and the coach both left in the same week, the fans agreed that it never rains but it pours.

문법

굳어진 속담으로 완전한 절로 쓴다. 두 동사 모두 현재 시제 그대로 쓴다: rains, pours. 미국 영어에서는 when it rains, it pours라고 한다.

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