A leaky house meets a continuous rain is not a poem. It comes from a sentence in the first volume of the novel "Awakening the World" by Feng Menglong, a playwright of the Ming Dynasty.
The original sentence is: When the house leaks, it rains continuously all night, and the boat is late and encounters a headwind.
Translation: The house leaked, but it happened to rain all night. The ship was already late, but it sailed against the wind.
This is what people often say: misfortunes never come singly. By extension, it was already bad enough, but there happened to be an even bigger blow that added fuel to the fire.
Synonyms: Blessings come in pairs, misfortunes never come alone.
Extended information:
Synonym explanation:
Blessings come in pairs, misfortunes never come alone
Pronunciation: fú wú shuāng zhì, huò bù dān xíng
Explanation: It means that good things will not come continuously, but misfortunes will come one after another.
Source: Chapter 37 of "Water Margin" by Shi Naian of the Ming Dynasty: "After Song Jiang heard this, he fixed the two gentlemen and said: "But it is bitter! It’s true that ‘good fortune never comes in pairs, and misfortune never comes alone. ’”
Translation: After hearing this, Song Jiang caught the two servants and said, “It’s really depressing. This is because good things will not come in succession, but disasters will come one after another.
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