“祸不单行”常见的英语表达有:“Misfortunes never come singly.” 或者 “An evil chance ldom comes alone.”
以下是对这两个表达的解释:
“Misfortunes never come singly.” 直译为“不幸从不单独降临”,形象地表达了“祸不单行”的意思。例如:Just when I lost my job, my car broke down. Misfortunes never come singly. (就在我失业的时候,我的车还坏了。真是祸不单行。)
“An evil chance ldom comes alone.” 中“evil chance”表示“厄运、不幸”,“ ldom comes alone”意思是“很少单独来”,合起来也传递出了与“祸不单行”相同的含义。比如:He got sick and mis d the exam. An evil chance ldom comes alone. (他生病了还错过了考试。真是祸不单行。)
这两种表达在英语语境中经常被用来形容一个人接连遭遇不幸的情况。