One misfortune brings on another.
More Portuguese Proverbs:
Promising is not giving, but serves to content fools.Portuguese
Cheat me in the price and not in the goods.
Portuguese
Where there's no fire there's no smoke.
Portuguese
An honest man's word is as good as the king's.
Portuguese
I want more for my teeth than for my relations.
Portuguese
He who would catch fish, must not mind getting wet.
Portuguese