An unlucky poem

The original poem is: the house leaks when it rains all night, and the ship meets the headwind late. From Feng Menglong's Awakening the World in Ming Dynasty.

The house leaked rain, but it happened to rain all night. The ship was late, but it caught up with the headwind.

It was bad enough, but adding fuel to the fire made it worse. Later, it was used to describe people who were particularly unlucky, and their luck was even worse. Meaning and misfortune never appear alone.

It first appeared in Du Fu's song "The Hut was Blown by Autumn Wind" in the Tang Dynasty: "There is no dry place at the head of the bed, and the rainy feet are like hemp." When it rains, the roof leaks and there is no dry place at home. The rain on the roof keeps leaking down like hemp thread. ) in a word.

Feng Menglong, "The house leaks and it rains all night?" The ship was late and met with a headwind "is the usage of this sentence."

Extended data:

There is no Shuang Fu, but it never rains.

Explanation: it means that good things will not follow, but disasters will follow.

Source: Shi Ming Nai 'an's Water Margin, Chapter 37: "After listening to Song Jiang, he concluded that Er Gong said," It's only bitter! Happiness doesn't come twice, but it doesn't rain alone. "

Upon hearing this, Song Jiang grabbed two workers and said, "It's really hard! It is' the blessing is not double, and the disaster never rains alone'. "

Example: Jinlian felt like a knife and said, "Son, this is called double happiness, and it never rains but it pours. I, Jinlian Wang, always hurt my son. " The tenth complete biography of the lost name of Qing Dynasty