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Isn't that colloquial saying though? Trying to think of another good example... "It never rains, but it pours."
by willyt 6y ago
Isn't that colloquial saying though? Trying to think of another good example... "It never rains, but it pours."
- LyndsySimon 6y ago> "It never rains, but it pours." I've never heard that construct. Are you by chance referring to Morton Salt's motto "When it rains, it pours"? I think it was HN that lead me to the discovered not too long ago that the phrase originated from an early-20th-Century ad campaign of theirs following the introduction of magnesium carbonate, an anti-clumping agent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Salt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_Salt
- willyt 6y agoNo it is a colloquial saying in Britain, especially in the North of England. Me: "I hurt myself at work, then I lost my wallet and my girlfriend left me", Someone else: "It never rains, but it pours".
- groovy2shoes 6y agoYour example reminded me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K8s9cNqZO4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K8s9cNqZO4
- LyndsySimon 6y agoInteresting! In the US - in the Arkansas Ozarks, specifically - I've heard the other version in the same context.