misfortunes never come singly
English
Alternative forms
misfortunes never come alone
Proverb
misfortunes
never
come
singly
Bad things or
situations
always come in
groups
or
streaks
; they never come in a
single
way.
Synonyms:
it never rains but it pours
;
when it rains, it pours
Coordinate terms
bad things come in threes
Translations
bad things come in groups
—
see
it never rains but it pours