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What the heck does this mean? I have searched.

I've always assumed it means you've won 3 in a row of a particular game. Ie "you never win 2 without winning 3". (Clearly it doesn't actually mean "never", but that's the flavour as I understand it.)

French expression is "jamais 2 sans 3", means when you got 2, you can get a 3rd. Maybe not that easy to translate
And you see this when you win 3 games in a row in a particular game, yes.

i've always wondered if this translated expression could be understood by english speakers

All good/bad things are 3 (german)

Good Things Come in Threes

https://gettotext.com/all-good-things-c ... d-meaning/

"All good things come in threes": Origin
The phrase "all good things come in threes" probably dates from the Middle Ages. There was a council meeting there exactly three times a year and as a defendant you had three options to present yourself to the judges.
However, if the defendant did not appear at the third meeting, the judge sentenced you. It was said in Old Germanic "All good things come in threes", because "Thing" meant a court hearing.
Furthermore, the plays Number three in symbolism as well as in many customs and religions a special role. For example, in the Bible there are the three wise men and the trinity (father, son, holy spirit).

https://idiomation.wordpress.com/2017/0 ... in-threes/
another long text about the origin and meaning.

https://www.fscables.com/other/blog/goo ... hrees.html
This is just an online presentation of 3 new team members to some company. TLDR.
Just an example of modern day usage of the phrase.

i believe the meaning is a bit different, the french expression mean "when something happened twice, it will likely happen a third time".
https://idiomation.wordpress.com/tag/ne ... ut-thrice/

voriki wrote: ↑07 July 2022, 09:58 Good Things Come in Threes

https://gettotext.com/all-good-things-c ... d-meaning/

"All good things come in threes": Origin
The phrase "all good things come in threes" probably dates from the Middle Ages. There was a council meeting there exactly three times a year and as a defendant you had three options to present yourself to the judges.
However, if the defendant did not appear at the third meeting, the judge sentenced you. It was said in Old Germanic "All good things come in threes", because "Thing" meant a court hearing.
Furthermore, the plays Number three in symbolism as well as in many customs and religions a special role. For example, in the Bible there are the three wise men and the trinity (father, son, holy spirit).

This explains the origin, but the common german use today you can find on https://www.dwds.de/wb/alle%20guten%20D ... ind%20drei, translated:
1. a threefold occurrence, a threefold action results in a meaningful, harmonious, self-contained whole; formula with which one comments on, explains, justifies a threefold occurrence, a threefold action.
2. at the third attempt something usually succeeds; formula with which one expresses the hope that a third attempt may succeed

Examples:
1. Someone has had two beers and wants a third.
The birth of triplets.
2. You've rolled a die twice, but missed. Now you roll it a third time (expecting or at least hoping for success).

This is quite different from what robinzig and thoun have explained.

Ah, cool. I often wondered what that phrase meant. Now I know it's an expression in French. Neat! As far as I know, there's no equivalent expression in English.

they mean your first hat trick