הָלַךְ הַחֶבֶל אַחֲרֵי הַדְּלִי

ביטוי (אנגלית)

To throw the rope in after the bucket/ to throw good money after bad/to send one cheese after another

הגדרה (אנגלית)

In the question: Failure after failure. Misfortune led to misfortune. Or: The patient dragged the child in his wake (literally: The rope fell into the well after the child who had fallen before).

("Yoseph said to her: If you open your mouth, I will stone you. Judah said to Joseph: What shall we say to our father?" - He said to him: Tell your father, the rope is behind the basket. Judah said to him: You are a false judge, judge us. To Joseph, there is no false judgment for you, as you sell your brothers." - Midrash Tanchuma (Warsha) Parashat Vay-Gash Simaan 5)