弱り目に祟り目（よわりめにたたりめ）
JLPT N1 · noun
Meaning: when it rains it pours
Example sentences
- 病気の上に事故まで、弱り目に祟り目だ。 — On top of being sick, there was an accident too — when it rains, it pours.
- 弱り目に祟り目で、次々と不運が続く。 — Misfortunes just keep piling on, one after another.
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