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if it's not one thing it's another

[if it's not one thing it's another]

If a certain thing doesn't go wrong, another most probably will.

/When John lost his keys and his wallet, and his car wouldn't start, he exclaimed in despair, "If it's not one thing it's another."/

Compare: [ONE DAMN THING AFTER ANOTHER (ODTAA)].

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates © 2010

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