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Llover sobre mojado

It never rains but it pours / Adding insult to injury

Idioms & Sayings
Notes & Usage:

Literally 'to rain on what is already wet'. Used when bad things keep happening to someone who is already having a difficult time.

See It in Context

Primero el accidente, luego el despido. Siempre llueve sobre mojado.

First the accident, then the redundancy. It never rains but it pours.

—También me han subido el alquiler. —Vaya, llueve sobre mojado.

—They've also raised my rent. —Wow, it never rains but it pours.

Cuando las cosas van mal, siempre llueve sobre mojado.

When things go wrong, it never rains but it pours.