IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS

Meaning of IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS in English

( BrE ) ( NAmE when it rains, it ˈpours )

( saying ) used to say that when one bad thing happens to you, other bad things happen soon after

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 — when it comes we get too much (See also feast or famine ) "Tonight we don't have enough chairs for …
English Idioms vocabulary
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 — 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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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