third time lucky

The belief or hope that the third attempt at something will be successful. Primarily heard in UK. I hope to make it third time lucky after failing this test twice already!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
DÉSirÉ	de-zee-RE	French
Parvana	-	Azerbaijani, Persian
&Aelig;Lfr&Aelig;D	-	Anglo-Saxon
Beatrise	-	Latvian
Fernando	[fə'nændə]
Nadezhda	nah-DYEZH-dah (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Ukrainian