third time lucky
Success after failures
Third time lucky expresses the hope or observation that success will come on a third attempt after two failures.
The phrase reflects a folk belief that three is a fortunate number: I've failed the driving test twice, but third time lucky.
British equivalent of the American "third time's the charm."
- charmAttractive personal quality
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- attemptEffort to accomplish
- retryAttempt something again
- never give upMaintain effort indefinitely
try try again · strike · persistence · superstition · jinx · breakthrough · finally · success · failure · practice · determination · hope · stubborn · last ditch effort · do or die · repeat · magic · spell
- superstitionssuperstition, superstitions, hexes, black cats, broken mirror
third time luckycut your losses
Exit before further damage
throwing in the towel · lost cause · doomed to fail · hopeless case · diminishing returns
third time luckygiving up
Choosing to stop trying
quitting · throwing in the towel · surrender · resignation · defeatism
third time luckystruck out
Failed at bat
game over · end of the road · last straw · done for · beyond redemption
third, thirds, thirdly, time, times, timed, timing, timer, timers