a baj nem jár egyedül

Hungarian

Etymology

a (“the”) +‎ baj (“trouble”) +‎ nem (“not”) +‎ jár (“to come”) +‎ egyedül (“alone”), literally: “trouble does not come alone”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɒ ˈbɒj ˈnɛmjaːrɛɟɛdyl]

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Proverb

a baj nem jár egyedül

1. when it rains, it pours, it never rains but it pours, misfortunes never come singly (unfortunate events occur in quantity)

Further reading

• Gyula Paczolay: 750 Hungarian proverbs, 1991 [1]