接踵而来[ jiē zhǒng ér lái ]

⒈ 也形容事情接连不断发生。例当此内忧外患接踵而来，老夫子系天下人望，我倒可惜他多此一段闲情逸致！——《孽海花》英come in the train; come on the heels of; come one afer another;