bad things come in threes

English

Proverb

bad things come in threes

If an unfortunate event has already occurred twice, it will most likely happen a third time.
Antonym: good things come in threes

Coordinate terms

Translations

unfortunate events usually occur more than twice

Chinese:
Mandarin: (no exact equivalent exists) 禍不單行 (zh), 祸不单行 (zh) (huòbùdānxíng, literally “disasters do not come alone”)
Finnish: ei kahta kolmannetta

Italian: non c'è due senza tre (literally “there is no two without three”) (also “good things come in threes”)
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

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