一分钟口语:When it Rains, it Pours

When It Rain It Pours

祸不单行

When it rains heavily, we often say it is "pouring"

当下大雨时,我们常说雨好大

I think there is something going round the office this week

我觉的这周办公室发生些事情

You mean like the flu ?

比如说,流感?

No,not the flu

不是流感

I mean bad luck

我说的是倒霉事

Maria‘s bike is stolen

Maria 的自行车丢了

Jack broke his arm

jack 胳膊受伤了

Doug lost 300$

Doug 丢了300块(美元)

That is a lot bad stuff happening

发生了许多破事

When it rains,it pours.

真是祸不单行

When it rains, it's never just one raindrop.

下雨不会下一滴

Many raindrops fall

会有很多雨滴落下

So this idiom means when something bad happens,other bad things usually happens ,too

这就意味着坏事通常不会独自发生

You can also say, when it rains,it pours.if a lot of good things are happening to you.

如果你摊上一大堆好事你也可以说,when it rains,it pours,

But more often than not,it's about bad things.

但是大部分情况下,这个俚语的是糟糕的事情

词组:

more often than not 经常,通常

Behind many successful men there is, more often than not, a woman who makes this success possible.

很多成功男人的背后往往都有一位助他一臂之力的女人。


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