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In English, the idiom "when it rains, it pours" is used to say that when one bad thing happens, other bad things often accompany it.
From the Merriam-Webster dictionary's online example:
The team not only lost the game but three of its best players were injured. When it rains, it pours.
Is there an equivalent idiom in Italian?
I found one source suggesting this might be equivalent:
Piove sul bagnato. (tr: "It rains on wet ground.")
A possibility is the phrase i guai non vengono mai da soli or le disgrazie non vengono mai da sole, meaning that troubles are followed by troubles, literally troubles don't come alone.
See for instance:
https://it.glosbe.com/it/en/i%20guai%20non%20vengono%20mai%20da%20soli
