Chover sobre mollado

Meaning: Trouble piling on top of trouble.

Language: Galician

Literally: To rain on what's already wet

Category: Nature

Origin: Fresh rain falling on already-soaked ground pictures one misfortune compounding another in rainy Galicia.

More idioms — Nature

• Il pleut comme vache qui pisse — It's pouring down — a crude, vivid way to say the rain is coming down extremely hard.
• set in stone — Unchangeable and permanent, fixed beyond modification.
• drop in the bucket — A contribution or action so small it is negligible compared to a massive problem.
• bed of roses — A situation or life that is entirely easy, comfortable, and free from hardship.
• made in the shade — Assured of comfort, success, or an effortless, favorable position.
• turn up the heat — To make a situation more intense, uncomfortable, or urgent.

More Galician idioms

• Facer das tripas corazón — To summon courage in the face of adversity.
• Estar nas verzas — To be daydreaming and distracted.

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