third time's a charm

English

Alternative forms

• third time's the charm
• three times a charm

Proverb

third time's a charm

1. One is sure to succeed at a task or event on the third try.

   Synonym: third time lucky

Usage notes

• May jokingly be extended to fourth, fifth or higher numbers if success is not achieved on the third try.

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: الثالثة ثابتة
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 事不过三 (shìbùguòsān)

• Czech: do třetice všeho dobrého (cs)
• Danish: tredje gang er lykkens gang, alle gode gange tre (da)
• Dutch: driemaal is scheepsrecht, derde keer goede keer
• Finnish: kolmas kerta toden sanoo
• French: la troisième fois sera la bonne
• Galician: á terceira vai a vencida
• German: aller guten Dinge sind drei (de), dreimal ist Bremer Recht
• Hungarian: három a magyar igazság (hu)
• Italian: la terza volta è quella buona
• Japanese: 三度目の正直 (ja)
• Latin: omne trium perfectum
• Macedonian: трета среќа f (treta sreḱa), трета мајка f (treta majka)
• Norwegian: alle gode ting er tre
• Persian: تا سه نشه بازی نشه
• Polish: do trzech razy sztuka (pl)
• Portuguese: à terceira é de vez, às três é de vez
• Russian: Бог лю́бит тро́ицу (ru) (Bog ljúbit tróicu, literally “God likes Trinity”)
• Serbo-Croatian: treća sreća
• Slovak: do tretice všetko dobré
• Slovene: v tretje gre rado
• Spanish: a la tercera va la vencida, la tercera es la vencida (es)
• Swedish: tredje gången gillt (sv)
• Turkish: Allah'ın hakkı üçtür.

See also

• bad things come in threes
• good things come in threes