When one problem is added to the previous one

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Let's assume someone has a big problem and is dealing with it. While he/she has not solved the first problem, another problem comes up and adds to the previous one. I wonder how you would explain this situation through an idiom / an expression or even a proverb in current English?
I know the expression: "double whammy", but it indicates two problem "at the same time", while I need to indicate that while the first (often big) problem has not solved yet, another (often big) problem appears.

Renee · Answer

"Another nail in the coffin" might be the expression you are looking for

Jason Bassford · Answer

If it's not one thing, it's another.

From The Idioms:

if it’s not one thing, it’s the other
  
  also if it’s not one thing, it’s another or it’s one thing after another
  
  Meaning:

everything is going wrong
  bad things keep happening
  face many problems in succession

Brad · Answer

It never rains but it pours

it never rains but it pours C.E.D.
UK saying (According to C.E.D. the U.S. version is when it rains, it pours)
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said when one bad thing happens, followed by a lot of other bad things that make a bad situation worse

When one problem is added to the previous one

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