弱り目に祟り目

よわりめにたたりめ

Also written 弱り目にたたり目

Meanings

1. Expression misfortunes never come singly; when it rains, it pours; adding insult to injury

Kanji

• 弱 weak. Read as よわい.
• 目 eye. Read as め.
• 祟 curse; haunt. Read as たたり.

Example sentences

• 弱り目に祟り目。
  Misfortunes never come singly.
• 駐禁で切符を切られた直後にＵターン禁止でつかまった。運が悪いというか、弱り目に祟り目というか。
  It wasn't my lucky day. First, I got a parking ticket and then things went from bad to worse when I got pulled over for making a U-turn.

Word lists

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