Category: Colloquialisms

Here you will find “old wives tales”, superstitions and famous sayings. From “Three is the Magic Number” to language “hooks” like “of the people, by the people, and for the people. Definition: an informal word or expression which is more suitable for use in speech than in writing

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Celebrities die in threes

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Good/Bad luck comes in threes

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Three times a bridesmaid, never a bride

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Two’s company, three’s a crowd

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Yadda, yadda, yadda

Seinfield episode. When you want to move on with the story and skip the detail.

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Ho ho ho

The laugh of Santa Clause.

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Three on a match

Never light three cigarettes with one match. Only light two. In a foxhole in a war, lighting the third match will cause the enemy to fire.

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Queer as a three dollar bill

Meaning: strange, odd.

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Third times a charm

Meaning: lucky.

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Three levels of intensity

good, better, best; cold, colder, coldest Also, getting prepared: Ready, steady, go; on your mark, get set, go; on the count of three…

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Three sheets to the wind

Meaning: Very drunk, highly intoxicated.

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