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never

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BETTER LATE THAN NEVER,

IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS,

LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[it never rains but it pours] One good thing or bad thing is often followed by others of the same kind. - A proverb, * /John got sick, then his […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[place] See: [HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE], [HIGH PLACE], [IN PLACE], [INSTEAD OF] or [IN PLACE OF], [IN THE FIRST PLACE], [JUMPING-OFF PLACE], [LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[same] See: [AT THE SAME TIME], [ALL THE SAME] or [JUST THE SAME], [IN THE SAME BREATH], [LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE], [ONE AND THE SAME]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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