IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS

Meaning of IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS in English

when it comes we get too much (See also feast or famine )

"Tonight we don't have enough chairs for everybody." "It never rains but it pours!"

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS — One good thing or bad thing is often followed by others of the same kind. - A proverb, * /John …
Slang English vocab
IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS — One good thing or bad thing is often followed by others of the same kind. - A proverb, * /John …
Словарь английских идиом
IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS — One good thing or bad thing is often followed by others of the same kind. A proverb, John got sick, …
American Idioms English vocabulary
IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS — misery comes in large packages
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS — ( BrE ) ( NAmE when it rains, it ˈpours ) ( saying ) used to say that when one …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS — пришла беда отворяй ворота
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS — пришла беда отворяй ворота
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS — Беда одна не ходит; Пришла беда - отворяй ворота
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS — "беда одна не ходит"; "пришла беда - отворяй ворота"
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS — Беды обрушиваются не дождем, а ливнем. Ср. Пришла беда - отворяй ворота. Беда на беде, бедою погоняет
Английские поговорки
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUT — I. conjunction COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bloody but unbowed ▪ After the fight, Ali was bloody but unbowed . But …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUT — I. (ˈ)bət, usu -əd.+V conjunction Etymology: Middle English, conjunction & preposition, from Old English būtan, būte, conjunction & preposition, without, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAINS — plural of rain present third singular of rain
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POURS — present third singular of pour plural of pour
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEVER — ˈnevə(r) adverb Etymology: Middle English never, nevere, from Old English nǣfre, from ne not, no + ǣfre ever — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEVER — /nev"euhr/ , adv. 1. not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me. 2. not at all; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUT — but 1 /but/ ; unstressed /beuht/ , conj. 1. on the contrary; yet: My brother went, but I did not. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RAINS — n. rainy season
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NEVER — adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nǣfre, from ne not + ǣfre ever — more at no Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUT — noun a limit; a boundary. 2. but ·vt a thrust in fencing. 3. but ·vi ·see butt, ·v, and abut, …
Webster English vocab
RAINS — falls of rain. → rain
Concise Oxford English vocab
NEVER — / ˈnevə(r); NAmE / adverb , exclamation ■ adverb 1. not at any time; not on any occasion : You …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEVER — nev ‧ er S1 W1 /ˈnevə $ -ər/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: næfre , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUT — I. but 1 S1 W1 /bət; strong bʌt/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: butan 'outside, without, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NEVER — adv. 1 a at no time; on no occasion; not ever (have never been to Paris; never saw them again). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NEVER — adv. 1 a at no time; on no occasion; not ever (have never been to Paris; never saw them again). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUT — conj., prep., adv., pron., n., & v. conj. 1 a nevertheless, however (tried hard but did not succeed; I am …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NEVER — adv.1 a at no time; on no occasion; not ever (have never been to Paris; never saw them again). b …
Oxford English vocab
BUT — 1.conj., prep., adv., pron., n., & v. --conj. 1. a nevertheless, however (tried hard but did not succeed; I am …
Oxford English vocab
NEVER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Never means at no time in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUT — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use but to introduce something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEVER — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Never means at no time in …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NEVER — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES He’ll never buy that ▪ ‘Let’s just say it was an accident.’ ‘ He’ll never …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RAINS — [plural] [noun]The rains are the season of the year in tropical countries when there is a lot of rain.Villagers are …
Cambridge English vocab
NEVER — [adverb] [not gradable] - not at any time or not on any occasionI've never been to Australia.He was never seen …
Cambridge English vocab
NEVER — See: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS, LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE.
Slang English vocab
RAINS — Classification: County Located in: Texas (TX) Total Population (2000): 9139 Total Housing Units (2000): 4523 Land Area (square meters): 601006894 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
NEVER — adv. Function: adverb not at any time FF1C; they had never seen him before FF1E; Synonyms: ne'er Idioms: never in …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
NEVER — adverb not at any time they had never seen him before Synonyms: ne'er Idioms: never in all one's born days, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
NEVER — INDEX: 1. NEVER RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ ALWAYS almost never : ↑ RARE/RARELY see also ↑ NOT ↑ FORBID ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
NEVER — See ↑ NEVER 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ better late than never • ↑ have never been known to do sth …
Longman Activator English vocab
NEVER — adv. 25B6; adverb his room is never tidy : NOT EVER, at no time, not at any time, not once; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NEVER — See: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS, LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE.
Словарь английских идиом
NEVER — adverb 1 BAD : I asked him to never arrive late. GOOD : I asked him never to arrive late. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
RAINS — Идет
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POURS — Льется
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NEVER — нареч. 1) никогда а) в прямом значении, иногда с ограничительными словами after, before и т.д. the fact was never before …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BUT — I (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. нареч. лишь, только, единственно; просто He is but a child. ≈ Он всего лишь …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RAINS — Дождь
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
RAINS — Дожди
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
RAINS — Дожде
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POURS — Сливы
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POURS — Ливня
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POURS — Ливни
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
NEVER — never.ogg ʹnevə adv 1. никогда never before - никогда ещё I shall never forget it - я этого никогда не …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BUT — but.ogg _I 1. bʌt n возражение your ifs and buts make me tired - мне надоели ваши «если» и «но» …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NEVER — adv 1. никогда never before - никогда ещё I shall never forget it - я этого никогда не забуду one …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BUT — _I 1. bʌt n возражение your ifs and buts make me tired - мне надоели ваши «если» и «но» /ваши …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RAINS — n. период тропических дождей
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
RAINS — n. период тропических дождей
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
NEVER — нареч. 1) никогда а) в прямом значении, иногда с ограничительными словами after, before и т. д. the fact was never …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
NEVER — нареч. 1) никогда а) в прямом значении, иногда с ограничительными словами after, before и т. д. the fact was never before observed — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
NEVER — _adv. 1> никогда; one never knows - никогда нельзя заранее знать 2> ни разу; never before - никогда еще; well, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция

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