祸不单行

祸不单行 [huò bù dān xíng]

1. ■ Disasters pile up on one another.; Misery loves company.; An evil chance seldom comes alone.; an Iliad of woes; Bad events rarely come singly.; Disasters [Misfortunes] do not come alone [singly].; It never rains but it pours.; Misfortunes or troubles never come singly or single.; One mischief [misfortune] comes on the neck of another.; One misfortune [calamity] after another befell (somebody).; One misfortune rides upon another's back.; One woe (maliciously) doth tread upon another's heels.; When sorrows come, they come not singly, but in battalions.