"third time's a charm" meaning in English

See third time's a charm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proverb

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  1. One is sure to succeed at a task or event on the third try. Categories (topical): Three Synonyms: third time lucky, third time's the charm, three times a charm Related terms: bad things come in threes, good things come in threes Translations (Translations): الثالثة ثابتة (Arabic), 事不过三 (shìbùguòsān) (Chinese Mandarin), do třetice všeho dobrého (Czech), tredje gang er lykkens gang (Danish), alle gode gange tre (Danish), driemaal is scheepsrecht (Dutch), derde keer goede keer (Dutch), kolmas kerta toden sanoo (Finnish), la troisième fois sera la bonne (French), á terceira vai a vencida (Galician), aller guten Dinge sind drei (German), dreimal ist Bremer Recht (German), פַּעַם שְׁלִישִׁית גְּלִידָה (Hebrew), három a magyar igazság (Hungarian), allt er þegar þrennt er (Icelandic), la terza volta è quella buona (Italian), 三度目の正直 (Japanese), 삼세번 (samsebeon) (Korean), omne trium perfectum (Latin), трета среќа (treta sreḱa) [feminine] (Macedonian), трета мајка (treta majka) [feminine] (Macedonian), alle gode ting er tre (Norwegian), تا سه نشه بازی نشه (Persian), do trzech razy sztuka (Polish), à terceira é de vez (Portuguese), às três é de vez (Portuguese), treća sreća (Serbo-Croatian), do tretice všetko dobré (Slovak), v tretje gre rado (Slovene), a la tercera va la vencida (Spanish), la tercera es la vencida (Spanish), tredje gången gillt (Swedish), Allah'ın hakkı üçtür. (Turkish)

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