come (right) on top of something

come (right) on top of something
come (right) on top of something
Fig. [for something] to happen immediately after something else. •

The accident expenses came right on top of the costs of her illness.

The bad news came on top of some other problems we were having.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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