"Bad things come in threes" nghĩa là gì?


"Bad things come in threes" = điều tồi tệ luôn xảy ra ba lần -> nghĩa là điều mê tín cho rằng tin xấu, chuyện không may luôn xảy ra ba lần, liên tiếp hoặc cùng lúc; 'quá tam ba bận'.

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Many in Cuba feel that bad things come in threes. Obviously, the bureaucracy (quan liêu) must be added to all these factors (yếu tố), with what it entails (đòi hỏi) in terms of inefficiency, mismanagement, waste, corruption (tham nhũng) and privileges for a few at the expense of the majority.

And, yes, bad things come in threes. Gregg Allman — who Trucks sat in with as a 10-year-old guitar prodigy (thần đồng, người phi thường) and later played alongside for 15 years after joining the Allman Brothers Band in 1999 — died that May due to liver cancer.

They say bad things come in threes. In the case of Arsenal away at Tottenham it could be argued that far more than three instances stand out, although in the context of the season there are some clear candidates (ứng viên).

They say bad things come in threes and we’ve had three races with bad luck so I’m hoping that’s done.

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