> "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

No 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".

Interesting!

In the US - in the Arkansas Ozarks, specifically - I've heard the other version in the same context.

Your example reminded me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K8s9cNqZO4