one thing after another

phrase

—used to complain about the large number of bad or unfortunate events that happen to someone

It's one thing after another with him. Now he's in jail for drunk driving.

Examples of one thing after another in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The 2026 season has been one thing after another for the Giants – and not just in the normal, everyday baseball way. — Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

Novelists take for granted that what makes baseball interesting is not any single thing that happens but the way one thing after another unfolds. — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2026

From the circular world of sound with its round huts and round villages, people move, over time, toward linear, cause and effect thinking, grid-like cities, and a one thing at a time and one thing after another world that mimics the linear lines of writing and type. — Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026

Instead, it's been one thing after another, both on and off the court. — Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025

Since then, it's been one thing after another for the nine-time All-Star. — David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025

The story sprints to one thing after another, detailing high points in Reagan’s life as though McNamara and Klausner were ticking off items on a grocery list. — Joe Leydon, Variety, 29 Aug. 2024

Libra September 23 – October 22 Life is throwing one thing after another at you today! — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2024

Rhymes for one thing after another

• brother
• mother
• nother
• other
• smother
• souther
• godmother
• grandmother
• stepbrother
• stepmother