英语词汇“it never rains but it pours”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. it never rains but it pours: events of a particular kind (esp. misfortunes) tend to occur at the same time or in rapid succession.

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1700 E. Ward Step to Bath 16 The next Morning I receiv'd a Letter of Advice from London, of the Death of an Aunt, who had made me her Heir; which put me in mind of the Old Proverb, It never Rains, but must Pour.

1726 Arbuthnot (title) It cannot Rain but it Pours: or, London strow'd with Rarities.

1771 T. Gray Let. 2 Feb. in Corr. (1971) III. 1164 It never rains, but it pours.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. ix. 75 As it never rains but it pours, I was in the front of the battle.

1848 F. A. Kemble Let. in Rec. Later Life (1882) III. 359 It's curious all these engagements offering now within these few days: to be sure, it never rains but it pours.

1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs I. 292 As it never rains but it pours, news of another disaster was rife in the city in the evening.

1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement ix. 451 Unfortunately—as he knew only too well, for he had said it often enough—it never rains but it pours.

1961 ‘W. Cooper’ Scenes Married Life iv. iv. 237 I sat waiting for the professor's letter, not surprised by the fact that, in the Civil Service, it never rains but it pours.

1988 B. Sterling Islands in Net (1989) i. 16 A sudden Japanese phrase leapt into Laura's head. ‘Nakitsura ni hachi’, she blurted. ‘It never rains but it pours.’

单词	it never rains but it pours
释义	> as lemmas it never rains but it pours P2. it never rains but it pours: events of a particular kind (esp. misfortunes) tend to occur at the same time or in rapid succession. ΚΠ 1700 E. Ward Step to Bath 16 The next Morning I receiv'd a Letter of Advice from London, of the Death of an Aunt, who had made me her Heir; which put me in mind of the Old Proverb, It never Rains, but must Pour. 1726 Arbuthnot (title) It cannot Rain but it Pours: or, London strow'd with Rarities. 1771 T. Gray Let. 2 Feb. in Corr. (1971) III. 1164 It never rains, but it pours. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. ix. 75 As it never rains but it pours, I was in the front of the battle. 1848 F. A. Kemble Let. in Rec. Later Life (1882) III. 359 It's curious all these engagements offering now within these few days: to be sure, it never rains but it pours. 1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs I. 292 As it never rains but it pours, news of another disaster was rife in the city in the evening. 1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement ix. 451 Unfortunately—as he knew only too well, for he had said it often enough—it never rains but it pours. 1961 ‘W. Cooper’ Scenes Married Life iv. iv. 237 I sat waiting for the professor's letter, not surprised by the fact that, in the Civil Service, it never rains but it pours. 1988 B. Sterling Islands in Net (1989) i. 16 A sudden Japanese phrase leapt into Laura's head. ‘Nakitsura ni hachi’, she blurted. ‘It never rains but it pours.’ extracted from rainv. < as lemmas
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