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What's the meaning of the phrase 'Third time lucky'? The belief that the third time something is attempted is more likely to succeed than the previous two attempts. It is also used as a good luck charm – spoken just before trying something for the third time.
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4 days ago · The meaning of THIRD TIME LUCKY is —used to say that two efforts at something have already failed but perhaps the third will be successful.
(American English also third time is the ˈcharm) used when you have failed to do something twice and hope that you will succeed the third time: I missed again! Oh well, third time lucky!
Gary Martin at The Phrase Finder has the British phrase third time lucky derived from the earlier "proverbial" luck of the third adventure, traced in print back to 1839. As to the reason for the luck, the theory of it referring to an English law freeing a condemned man after three failed attempts at hanging is debunked.
- I think the origin of these phrases is from Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor , 1602: As for which came first, lucky or charm , I found the...
- Gary Martin at The Phrase Finder has the British phrase third time lucky derived from the earlier "proverbial" luck of the third adventure , traced...
- Jewish tradition teaches that a thing done three times is a chazakah, something the Talmud (Jewish code of legal authority written between 200-800c...
- On no evidence whatsoever, I had always thought it was older than Shakespeare .
- Found this little tidbit on Biblioteca Pleyades : "If you think about it, you'll soon realize that the 'second coming' of Christ, or 'The Rapture'...
- As with all things, this phrase has its origin in the Holy Trinity. Here is a relevant quote from Colossians 1:16–18 in the New Testament of the Ch...
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Idiom: third time lucky / third time's the charm 1. the third time you try to do something you succeed 2014 Australian Open winner Li Na explained the meaning of this idiom in her victory speech: “Finally I got her [the Australian Open trophy]. The last two times [in 2011 and 2013] were very close.” So third time’s the charm means the third time yo...
— I applied for a job with the United Nations three years in a row and finally got offered a job. As they say third time lucky! — Most people give up the first time they fail. Too bad they forget that third time's the charm. — Even though I've already failed the exam twice before, I continue to remind myself that I'll be third time lucky. — We've h...
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Meaning: Said when trying something for the third time. Example: Two divorces and now I'm engaged again. Let's hope it's third time lucky. Where did it originate?:
• Everyone is praying that this time it will be third time lucky. • Maybe he's out there thinking: third time lucky. • Odds-on favourite last time at Haydock, he was narrowly beaten into third place, but tomorrow should prove third time lucky.
