Vocabulary

What does 二度あることは三度ある (にどあることはさんどある) mean?

二度あることは三度ある (にどあることはさんどある) means if something has happened twice, it will likely happen a third time (lit. what happens twice happens three times).

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if something has happened twice, it will likely happen a third time (lit. what happens twice happens three times)

Example sentences

  • I dropped my wallet last month too, and as they say, what happens twice happens three times: I lost it again.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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