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In norwegian we have an expression: En ulykke kommer sjelden alene. A misfortune/accident seldom comes alone.
by laxd 7y ago
In norwegian we have an expression:
En ulykke kommer sjelden alene.
A misfortune/accident seldom comes alone.
- jonathanlb 7y agoI’ve heard it said in California as “When it rains, it pours”
- mc32 7y agoAlso, “bad things come in threes”
- legulere 7y agoGerman version is basically the same even without translating: Ein Unglück kommt selten allein.
- oldman_peter 7y agoIn Dutch it's "een ongeluk komt zelden alleen"
- twojacobtwo 7y agoFrom Shakespeare's Hamlet: "When sorrows come, they come not single spies But in battalions"
- senectus1 7y agoyeah we're pattern seeking machines... its no surprise that we lump events together like that.