"good things come in threes" meaning in English

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          "text": "Coordinate term: bad things come in threes"
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        "If a fortunate event has already occurred twice, a third fortunate event is likely to occur."
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          "word": "third time's a charm"
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          "word": "third time lucky"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "not exclusively of good things",
          "sense": "several fortunate events usually occur together",
          "word": "ei kahta ilman kolmatta"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "several fortunate events usually occur together",
          "word": "jamais deux sans trois"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "several fortunate events usually occur together",
          "word": "Alle guten Dinge sind drei"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "several fortunate events usually occur together",
          "word": "non c'è due senza tre"
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          "english": "fortunate things come in pairs",
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          "sense": "several fortunate events usually occur together",
          "word": "szczęścia chodzą parami"
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          "roman": "bog tróicu ljúbit",
          "sense": "several fortunate events usually occur together",
          "word": "бог тро́ицу лю́бит"
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          "sense": "several fortunate events usually occur together",
          "word": "alla goda ting är tre"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "not exclusively of good things",
      "sense": "several fortunate events usually occur together",
      "word": "ei kahta ilman kolmatta"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "several fortunate events usually occur together",
      "word": "jamais deux sans trois"
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      "sense": "several fortunate events usually occur together",
      "word": "Alle guten Dinge sind drei"
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      "sense": "several fortunate events usually occur together",
      "word": "non c'è due senza tre"
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      "english": "fortunate things come in pairs",
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      "sense": "several fortunate events usually occur together",
      "word": "szczęścia chodzą parami"
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      "roman": "bog tróicu ljúbit",
      "sense": "several fortunate events usually occur together",
      "word": "бог тро́ицу лю́бит"
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      "sense": "several fortunate events usually occur together",
      "word": "alla goda ting är tre"
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  "word": "good things come in threes"
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