It Never Rains But It Pours Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does It Never Rains But It Pours Idiom mean?

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it never rains but it pours What does it never rains but it pours mean?	problems often appear together in large numbers or quickly one after the other	It never rains but it pours and we have recently had many problems with our house.
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It Never Rains But It Pours Idiom