when it rains it pours

• downpourIntense precipitation event
• delugeSevere overflow of water
• floodOverwhelming water overflow
• stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
• misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event

troubles · cascade · overflow · avalanche · snowball · spiral · unlucky · streak · setback · disaster · torrent · relentless · overwhelming · timing · bad luck · pile on · one thing after another · catastrophe

• proverbsproverbs, sayings, maxims, adages, aphorisms
• Weather Idiomsunder the weather, come rain or shine, rain check, take a rain check, weather the storm
• hardshipshardship, adversity, struggle, misfortune, difficulties
• chaos idiomsall hell breaks loose, pandemonium, madhouse, circus, bedlam
• superstitionblack cat, broken mirror, Friday the 13th, walking under ladder, evil eye