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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

good things come in threes en · X

Meanings

  1. If a fortunate event has already occurred twice, a third fortunate event is likely to occur.

Coordinates

bad things come in threes

Relateds

third time lucky · third time is the charm

Translations (8)

uk бог любить трійцю (several fortunate events usually occur together) · fi ei kahta ilman kolmatta (several fortunate events usually occur together) · it non c'è due senza tre (several fortunate events usually occur together) · ru бог тро́ицу лю́бит (several fortunate events usually occur together) · sv alla goda ting är tre (several fortunate events usually occur together) · fr jamais deux sans trois (several fortunate events usually occur together) · pl szczęścia chodzą parami (several fortunate events usually occur together) · de aller guten Dinge sind drei (several fortunate events usually occur together)