a baj nem jár egyedül
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
a (“the”) + baj (“trouble”) + nem (“not”) + jár (“to walk, go”) + egyedül (“alone”), literally “trouble does not walk alone”
Pronunciation edit
Proverb edit
- when it rains, it pours, it never rains but it pours, misfortunes never come singly (unfortunate events occur in quantity)
- Synonym: csőstül jön a baj
Further reading edit
- Paczolay, Gyula: 750 Hungarian Proverbs. Veszprém: Veszprémi Nyomda. 1991. →ISBN