What does “Trouble has come — open the gates.” mean?

Misfortunes arrive in groups, not one at a time.

How do you say «Прийшла біда — відчиняй ворота.» in English?

Naturally: “When it rains, it pours.”. The closest English idiom is “When it rains, it pours.”.

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🤖 Literally, in English

Прийшла біда — відчиняй ворота. Pryyshla bida — vidchynyay vorota

🤨 What does it ACTUALLY mean? →

🇬🇧 What you'd actually say

“When it rains, it pours.”

also: “One thing after another.” · “It never comes alone.”

📖 Meaning: Misfortunes arrive in groups, not one at a time.
💡 Why it's funny: The advice is to open the gates wider — not to resist, but to help the disasters get in more comfortably.
🧭 Closest English idiom: “When it rains, it pours.”
📝 Explanation: Said on the day the car breaks down, the boiler dies and the cat needs the vet. Weary rather than dramatic.

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when it rains, it pours (idiom) — bad things tend to happen all at once — біда не ходить сама “I lost my keys and my phone — when it rains, it pours.”
one after another (phrase) — in a continuous series — одне за одним “Problems came one after another.”

🗣 In context

Спочатку робота, потім здоров'я. Прийшла біда — відчиняй ворота.

First the job, then my health. When it rains, it pours.

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