B1🌿 Nature & Weather
Piovere sul bagnato
When it rains it pours / bad things pile up on existing bad things
Literal Translation
"To rain on the wet"
What it means
When it rains it pours / bad things pile up on existing bad things
Example in context
"Ho perso le chiavi e poi la macchina — piove sempre sul bagnato."
"I lost my keys and then my car — when it rains it pours."
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