«بَلْوَهْ عَلَى عَلْوَهْ»

The saying portrays trouble as accumulating rather than arriving alone: a new misfortune comes while an earlier one is still being endured. It conveys the feeling that adversity has become layered and harder to manage.

It may be said when an already difficult situation is made worse by a further setback. Its image of a difficult rise or obstructed path suggests that each added burden makes progress more exhausting and uncertain.

Use it to comment on compounding misfortunes, especially when a fresh problem intensifies an existing crisis. It can express weary frustration or sympathetic recognition that someone is facing several hardships at once, without implying that they share a single cause.