4. It never rains but it pours.指不吉利的事,不发生则已,一发生就接二连三地发生;
如:I lost my check book, tore my jacket, and trapped my finger in a door all in one day—it never rains but it pours.我这一天,支票本丢了,上衣也撕破了,还让门把手指夹了——哎,真是祸不单行啊。