From bad to worse. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Our day will come.
- It never rains but it pours.
- One man's meat is another man's poison.
- A drowning man will catch at a straw.
- Fortune is blind.
- Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea.
- It is not work that kills but worry.
- Misfortunes never come alone.
- Don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
- While the grass grows, the horse starves.
- He dances well to whom fortune pipes.
- An unfortunate man would be drowned in a tea-cup.
- Every flow has its ebb.
- Bread never falls but on its buttered side.
- Whom God loves, his bitch brings forth pigs.
- Into the mouth of a bad dog often falls a good bone.
- Rust eats up iron.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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The farther in, the deeper.
Similar proverbs in another language
French
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De mal en pis.
From bad to worse.
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De pis en pis.
From bad to worse.
German
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Je tiefer in den Wald, je mehr Bäume.
The deeper into the forest, the more trees.
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Je tiefer im Walde, je dichter das Holz.
The deeper in the forest, the denser the wood.
Czech
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Čím dál, tím hůř, řekla bába, když padala ze schodů.
It gets worse as you go on, Grandma said as she fell down the stairs.