English rendering One misfortune upon another Literal translation: “Thunder followed by a lightning strike”
Repeated occurrence of misfortune
Dictionary example 1
먹을 식량뿐 아니라 실탄까지 떨어진 그들에게 적군의 진격 소리는 뇌성에 벽력 이었다.
Read the meanings, trace, then cover above the masking line and write. Uncover, choose a meaning, and make your own sentence.
Writing text뇌성에 벽력
Explore the body parts or scenes linked to this idiom.
A silent film that writes the headword and its meaning.
Dampness develops Have dampness arise. 
Snow seems imminent Seem about to snow 
Long desperately for something Literally, await signs of rain during a great drought; yearn for something to happen 
Shared · 2 Suffer from the heat Develop abnormal physical symptoms from summer heat 
Shared · 2 Suffer from the heat Develop abnormal bodily symptoms from summer heat. 
buy someone’s summer heat An expression from the heat-selling custom on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month: answering when someone calls one’s name means taking on that person’s heat too and suffering from the summer heat. 
Pass one’s summer heat to another From the heat-selling custom on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month: call someone’s name and, when they answer, give them one’s heat so as to avoid heat illness in midsummer 
Disappear all at once Figuratively, describe everything suddenly disappearing. 
2 meanings suffer a hard frost or harsh blow To be exposed to a severe frost. 
Shared · 2 Chase a vague fantasy Pursue something vague or fanciful Browse in Hangul order.
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