"bad things come in threes" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "bad things come in threes",
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          "word": "good things come in threes"
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Three",
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      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "it never rains but it pours"
        },
        {
          "word": "misfortunes never come singly"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "If one unfortunate event has already occurred, a second and third are likely to occur; if two, a third should be expected."
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      "links": [
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          "unfortunate",
          "unfortunate"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "several unfortunate events usually occur together",
          "word": "لا تأتى المصائب فرادى"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "no exact equivalent exists",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "several unfortunate events usually occur together",
          "word": "禍不單行"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huòbùdānxíng",
          "sense": "several unfortunate events usually occur together",
          "word": "祸不单行"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "not exclusively of bad things",
          "sense": "several unfortunate events usually occur together",
          "word": "ei kahta ilman kolmatta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "several unfortunate events usually occur together",
          "word": "jamais deux sans trois"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "note": "also “good things come in threes”",
          "sense": "several unfortunate events usually occur together",
          "word": "non c'è due senza tre"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "several unfortunate events usually occur together",
          "word": "nieszczęścia chodzą parami"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "bad things come in threes"
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      "word": "it never rains but it pours"
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      "word": "misfortunes never come singly"
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  "etymology_text": "Rooted in human predispositions for such cognitive biases as pareidolia and superstition.",
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      "expansion": "bad things come in threes",
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  "pos": "proverb",
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          "word": "good things come in threes"
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      "glosses": [
        "If one unfortunate event has already occurred, a second and third are likely to occur; if two, a third should be expected."
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "several unfortunate events usually occur together",
      "word": "لا تأتى المصائب فرادى"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "no exact equivalent exists",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "several unfortunate events usually occur together",
      "word": "禍不單行"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huòbùdānxíng",
      "sense": "several unfortunate events usually occur together",
      "word": "祸不单行"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "not exclusively of bad things",
      "sense": "several unfortunate events usually occur together",
      "word": "ei kahta ilman kolmatta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "several unfortunate events usually occur together",
      "word": "jamais deux sans trois"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "note": "also “good things come in threes”",
      "sense": "several unfortunate events usually occur together",
      "word": "non c'è due senza tre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "several unfortunate events usually occur together",
      "word": "nieszczęścia chodzą parami"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bad things come in threes"
}