third time is the charm — third time ˈlucky idiom (US also third time is the ˈcharm) used when you have failed to do sth twice and hope that you will succeed the third time Main entry: ↑thirdidiom … Useful english dictionary
third time is a charm — (or Brit. third time lucky) used to express the hope that, after twice failing to accomplish something, one may succeed in the third attempt … Useful english dictionary
third time's the charm — This is used when the third time one tries something, one achieves a successful outcome … The small dictionary of idiomes
third time lucky (or US third time is the charm) — used to express the hope that one may succeed in the third attempt. → third … English new terms dictionary
third time's a charm — third time’s the/a charm american phrase you say this when someone is successful the third time they try something, after they failed the first two times Thesaurus: ways of saying that something or someone is luckysynonym luck and… … Useful english dictionary
third time's the charm — third time’s the/a charm american phrase you say this when someone is successful the third time they try something, after they failed the first two times Thesaurus: ways of saying that something or someone is luckysynonym luck and… … Useful english dictionary
third time's a charm — Meaning Having been unsuccessful on the first two attempts, this is a good luck incantation for the third try. Origin American origin. The similar phrase third time lucky is used in the UK … Meaning and origin of phrases
the third time is the charm — see ↑third, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑charm the third time is the charm (US) (or Brit third time lucky) used to say that two efforts at something have already failed but perhaps the third will be successful … Useful english dictionary
third — third1 [θə:d US θə:rd] adj [: Old English; Origin: thridda, thirdda] 1.) coming after two other things in a series ▪ in the third century ▪ her third birthday 2.) third time lucky BrE (the) third time s the charm AmE spoken used when … Dictionary of contemporary English
third — ordinal number 1》 constituting number three in a sequence; 3rd. 2》 (a third/one third) each of three equal parts into which something is or may be divided. 3》 Music an interval spanning three consecutive notes in a diatonic scale, e.g. C to E… … English new terms dictionary
