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nieszczęścia chodzą parami

//ɲɛˈʂt͡ʂɛw̃ɕ.t͡ɕa ˈxɔ.d͡zɔw̃ paˈra.mi/ | /ɲɛˈʂt͡ʂɛɲɕ.t͡ɕa ˈxɔ.d͡zɔw̃ paˈra.mi//
Polishproverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    misfortunes never come singly, it never rains but it pours, roughly bad things come in threes

Etymology

Literally, “misfortunes come in pairs”.

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