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How to say one misfortune on top of another
in Thai
ผีซ้ำด้ำพลอย
pǐi sám dâm ploi
one misfortune on top of another
pǐi risingsám highdâm fallingploi mid
When it rains it pours.
- Part of speech
- phrase
- Literally
- the ghost strikes again and the spirit joins in
In a sentence
- รถเสียแล้วยังโดนปรับอีก ผีซ้ำด้ำพลอยrót sǐa láeo yang doon bpràp ìik pǐi sám dâm ploiThe car broke down and I got fined too: when it rains it pours.
From the same situation: Idioms 2 and four-syllable expressions
- คำซ้อนpaired word, word doublet
- คำสัมผัสrhyming words, rhyme
- คำพังเพยsaying, adage
- โวหารrhetoric, way with words
- อุปมาsimile, analogy
- เปรียบเปรยto make a pointed comparison
- คมคายsharp, witty (of words)
- สละสลวยelegant, polished (of language)
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