unlucky thirteen
Dreaded baker's dozen
Unlucky thirteen refers to the superstition that the number thirteen brings bad fortune.
The belief appears in skipped floor numbers in buildings, Friday the 13th fears, and avoidance of thirteen guests at dinner.
They're having an unlucky thirteen kind of day.
The phrase can describe any situation where the number thirteen coincides with misfortune, whether causally or not.
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
- FridayFifth weekday
- tridentThree-pronged fishing spear
- cursedUnder a malevolent spell
- jinxedAfflicted with misfortune
bad omen · omen · black cat · broken mirror · ladder · misfortune · baker's dozen · tarot · tarot card · death card · death · card · floor · hotel · hotel room · elevator · fear · phobia
- Number Symbolismnumerology, sacred numbers, magic numbers, trinity, seven deadly sins
- numbersone, two, four, three, 0
- superstitionssuperstition, superstitions, hexes, black cats, broken mirror
- fortunefortune, fate, destiny, jinxed, chance
- famous numberspi, e, zero, one, infinity
- gambling superstitionsgambler's fallacy, blowing on dice, hot streak, cold streak, hot hand
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Auspicious digit pair
lucky number seven · lucky number · seven · lucky charm · good luck charm
unlucky thirteenholy trinity
Essential three-part foundation
perfect ten · number eight · number nine · dozen · magic number
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