good things come in threes
English
Proverb
good
things
come
in
threes
If a
fortunate
event has already occurred
twice
, a third fortunate event is likely to occur.
Coordinate term:
bad things come in threes
Translations
several fortunate events usually occur together
Finnish:
ei kahta ilman kolmatta
(
literally
“
no two without a third
”
)
(
not exclusively of good things
)
French:
jamais deux sans trois
(fr)
German:
aller guten Dinge sind drei
Italian:
non c'è due senza tre
(
literally
“
there is no two without three
”
)
Polish:
szczęścia chodzą parami
(
fortunate things come in pairs
)
Portuguese:
please add this translation if you can
Russian:
бог тро́ицу лю́бит
(
bog tróicu ljúbit
)
Swedish:
alla goda ting är tre
(
literally
“
all good things are three
”
)
Ukrainian:
бог любить трійцю
(
boh ljubytʹ trijcju
)
See also
third time's a charm
third time lucky