The phrase, "When it rains, it pours" is simply to refer to the fact that if one bad thing happens, lots of bad things happen. When there may be a lot of things going wrong at one time in your life, or day, you may say "when it rains, it pours" to indicate that lots of crazy/not good things are happening. Perhaps you are stressed or feeling down because it is a rough time.
The cast of When it Rains it Pours - 2005 includes: Nick Stevenson as Warren
Pours
A counterexample for "when it rains it pours" could be a situation where it rains lightly throughout the day without escalating into a heavy downpour. This would go against the idea that once it starts raining, it will intensify significantly.
When it rains it pours!
"And just like that, we're all in fright"?
Big Break Dominican Republic - 2010 When It Rains It Pours was released on: USA: 2010
A. "When it rains, it pours" is the idiom as it conveys a meaning beyond the literal interpretation and is commonly used to describe events happening in succession.
Farm Kings - 2012 When It Rains It Pours 1-5 was released on: USA: 25 October 2012
That when things get bad, it will only get worse.
It tends to get really frizzy.
Morton Salt's motto is 'When it rains, it pours.'.
The phrase, "When it rains, it pours" is simply to refer to the fact that if one bad thing happens, lots of bad things happen. When there may be a lot of things going wrong at one time in your life, or day, you may say "when it rains, it pours" to indicate that lots of crazy/not good things are happening. Perhaps you are stressed or feeling down because it is a rough time.