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
Euthymius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Sander	SAHN-dər (Dutch)	Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Nereus	NEER-oos (English), NEER-ee-əs (English)	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Karin	KAH-rin (Swedish, German, Dutch), KAH-reen (Finnish), KER-ən (English), KAR-ən (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Finnish, English
Bharat	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Cecil	['sesl]