You're three for three Unicorn Meta Zoo #1: Why another podcast? Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara Contributor's Guide to English Language LearnersMeaning of “You're on” in this situationWhat's the meaning of “you're supposed to”?“You're the only one…”What does the phrase “listen to yourself” mean?Contextual meaning of 'just so you're safe'I have been looking for it for three daysWhat is the meaning of “you're always up to it”Last two days/ In the last two days / For the last two daysWhen you're driving, you should ______________________Meaning of three mounths ahead
My admission is revoked after accepting the admission offer
Why doesn't the university give past final exams' answers?
Getting AggregateResult variables from Execute Anonymous Window
Why aren't road bicycle wheels tiny?
Why isPrototypeOf() returns false?
Why isn't everyone flabbergasted about Bran's "gift"?
Like totally amazing interchangeable sister outfit accessory swapping or whatever
When does Bran Stark remember Jamie pushing him?
Why does the Cisco show run command not show the full version, while the show version command does?
Has a Nobel Peace laureate ever been accused of war crimes?
Does Prince Arnaud cause someone holding the Princess to lose?
How would you suggest I follow up with coworkers about our deadline that's today?
Is it OK if I do not take the receipt in Germany?
So I pre ordered a game on my friends home screen but on my Xbox, does that mean I don't get the game and I lost 60$?
What is a good proxy for government quality?
How to prevent the friend class from instantiating whose constructor is private in a friend class?
"Working on a knee"
Writing a T-SQL stored procedure to receive 4 numbers and insert them into a table
Arriving in Atlanta after US Preclearance in Dublin. Will I go through TSA security in Atlanta to transfer to a connecting flight?
Does using the Inspiration rules for character defects encourage My Guy Syndrome?
What's called a person who works as someone who puts products on shelves in stores?
What is the evidence that custom checks in Northern Ireland are going to result in violence?
PIC mathematical operations weird problem
Co-worker works way more than he should
You're three for three
Unicorn Meta Zoo #1: Why another podcast?
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Contributor's Guide to English Language LearnersMeaning of “You're on” in this situationWhat's the meaning of “you're supposed to”?“You're the only one…”What does the phrase “listen to yourself” mean?Contextual meaning of 'just so you're safe'I have been looking for it for three daysWhat is the meaning of “you're always up to it”Last two days/ In the last two days / For the last two daysWhen you're driving, you should ______________________Meaning of three mounths ahead
.everyoneloves__top-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__mid-leaderboard:empty,.everyoneloves__bot-mid-leaderboard:empty margin-bottom:0;
Here is a dialogue from Dilbert:
Pointy-Haired Boss: Now let's hear what Dilbert did this week.
Dilbert: I unnecessarily duplicated Ted's work because you forgot you asked both of us to do the same task.
Pointy-Haired Boss: And how about Alice?.
Alice: You're three for three.
What does three for three mean here, or how can I parse it? She did the same task also?
I have not managed to find a definition for three for three, but apparently two for two comes from baseball and means "successful at both attempts".
phrase-meaning
asked Mar 25 at 9:00
WilsonWilson
974313
add a comment |
Here is a dialogue from Dilbert:
Pointy-Haired Boss: Now let's hear what Dilbert did this week.
Dilbert: I unnecessarily duplicated Ted's work because you forgot you asked both of us to do the same task.
Pointy-Haired Boss: And how about Alice?.
Alice: You're three for three.
What does three for three mean here, or how can I parse it? She did the same task also?
I have not managed to find a definition for three for three, but apparently two for two comes from baseball and means "successful at both attempts".
phrase-meaning
asked Mar 25 at 9:00
WilsonWilson
974313
add a comment |
Here is a dialogue from Dilbert:
Pointy-Haired Boss: Now let's hear what Dilbert did this week.
Dilbert: I unnecessarily duplicated Ted's work because you forgot you asked both of us to do the same task.
Pointy-Haired Boss: And how about Alice?.
Alice: You're three for three.
What does three for three mean here, or how can I parse it? She did the same task also?
I have not managed to find a definition for three for three, but apparently two for two comes from baseball and means "successful at both attempts".
phrase-meaning
asked Mar 25 at 9:00
WilsonWilson
974313
Here is a dialogue from Dilbert:
Pointy-Haired Boss: Now let's hear what Dilbert did this week.
Dilbert: I unnecessarily duplicated Ted's work because you forgot you asked both of us to do the same task.
Pointy-Haired Boss: And how about Alice?.
Alice: You're three for three.
What does three for three mean here, or how can I parse it? She did the same task also?
I have not managed to find a definition for three for three, but apparently two for two comes from baseball and means "successful at both attempts".
phrase-meaning
phrase-meaning
asked Mar 25 at 9:00
WilsonWilson
974313
asked Mar 25 at 9:00
WilsonWilson
974313
asked Mar 25 at 9:00
WilsonWilson
974313
asked Mar 25 at 9:00
WilsonWilson
974313
asked Mar 25 at 9:00
WilsonWilson
974313
974313
add a comment |
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
(number) for (number) simply means "you were successful (number) attempts out of (number) attempts"
So you could be "seven for nine" or any other combination, athough it is rarely used that way outside of sports like baseball.
In this case Dilbert basically said "Ted and I were asked the same thing so we did the thing twice" and Alice said "actually all three of us were asked the same thing and all three did the thing"
answered Mar 25 at 9:04
BorghBorgh
1,237211
2
So she is saying something like "out of your three attempts to get the task done, you succeeded all three times"?
– Wilson
Mar 25 at 9:06
6
As a native British English speaker, I would note that I consider "(number) for (number)" to be an American English phrase.
– AndyT
Mar 25 at 11:59
5
In cricket "X for Y" means X runs for Y wickets, which doesn't mean the same thing (even figuratively).
– Greg
Mar 25 at 12:57
8
@Wilson Note that in this context it is undesirable for the employees to have completed the work, so the three "successes" here are not actually a good outcome. Alice is being sarcastic.
– Tashus
Mar 25 at 14:36
4
As Tashus said. It's more like "you've succeeded at being a terrible manager, three times". (Although, due to the fencepost problem, it's really more like two times!)
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Mar 25 at 16:21
|
show 4 more comments
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "481"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);
else
createEditor();
);
function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader:
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
,
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);
);
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fell.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f202241%2fyoure-three-for-three%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
(number) for (number) simply means "you were successful (number) attempts out of (number) attempts"
So you could be "seven for nine" or any other combination, athough it is rarely used that way outside of sports like baseball.
In this case Dilbert basically said "Ted and I were asked the same thing so we did the thing twice" and Alice said "actually all three of us were asked the same thing and all three did the thing"
answered Mar 25 at 9:04
BorghBorgh
1,237211
2
So she is saying something like "out of your three attempts to get the task done, you succeeded all three times"?
– Wilson
Mar 25 at 9:06
6
As a native British English speaker, I would note that I consider "(number) for (number)" to be an American English phrase.
– AndyT
Mar 25 at 11:59
5
In cricket "X for Y" means X runs for Y wickets, which doesn't mean the same thing (even figuratively).
– Greg
Mar 25 at 12:57
8
@Wilson Note that in this context it is undesirable for the employees to have completed the work, so the three "successes" here are not actually a good outcome. Alice is being sarcastic.
– Tashus
Mar 25 at 14:36
4
As Tashus said. It's more like "you've succeeded at being a terrible manager, three times". (Although, due to the fencepost problem, it's really more like two times!)
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Mar 25 at 16:21
|
show 4 more comments
(number) for (number) simply means "you were successful (number) attempts out of (number) attempts"
So you could be "seven for nine" or any other combination, athough it is rarely used that way outside of sports like baseball.
In this case Dilbert basically said "Ted and I were asked the same thing so we did the thing twice" and Alice said "actually all three of us were asked the same thing and all three did the thing"
answered Mar 25 at 9:04
BorghBorgh
1,237211
2
So she is saying something like "out of your three attempts to get the task done, you succeeded all three times"?
– Wilson
Mar 25 at 9:06
6
As a native British English speaker, I would note that I consider "(number) for (number)" to be an American English phrase.
– AndyT
Mar 25 at 11:59
5
In cricket "X for Y" means X runs for Y wickets, which doesn't mean the same thing (even figuratively).
– Greg
Mar 25 at 12:57
8
@Wilson Note that in this context it is undesirable for the employees to have completed the work, so the three "successes" here are not actually a good outcome. Alice is being sarcastic.
– Tashus
Mar 25 at 14:36
4
As Tashus said. It's more like "you've succeeded at being a terrible manager, three times". (Although, due to the fencepost problem, it's really more like two times!)
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Mar 25 at 16:21
|
show 4 more comments
(number) for (number) simply means "you were successful (number) attempts out of (number) attempts"
So you could be "seven for nine" or any other combination, athough it is rarely used that way outside of sports like baseball.
In this case Dilbert basically said "Ted and I were asked the same thing so we did the thing twice" and Alice said "actually all three of us were asked the same thing and all three did the thing"
answered Mar 25 at 9:04
BorghBorgh
1,237211
(number) for (number) simply means "you were successful (number) attempts out of (number) attempts"
So you could be "seven for nine" or any other combination, athough it is rarely used that way outside of sports like baseball.
In this case Dilbert basically said "Ted and I were asked the same thing so we did the thing twice" and Alice said "actually all three of us were asked the same thing and all three did the thing"
answered Mar 25 at 9:04
BorghBorgh
1,237211
answered Mar 25 at 9:04
BorghBorgh
1,237211
answered Mar 25 at 9:04
BorghBorgh
1,237211
answered Mar 25 at 9:04
BorghBorgh
1,237211
1,237211
2
So she is saying something like "out of your three attempts to get the task done, you succeeded all three times"?
– Wilson
Mar 25 at 9:06
6
As a native British English speaker, I would note that I consider "(number) for (number)" to be an American English phrase.
– AndyT
Mar 25 at 11:59
5
In cricket "X for Y" means X runs for Y wickets, which doesn't mean the same thing (even figuratively).
– Greg
Mar 25 at 12:57
8
@Wilson Note that in this context it is undesirable for the employees to have completed the work, so the three "successes" here are not actually a good outcome. Alice is being sarcastic.
– Tashus
Mar 25 at 14:36
4
As Tashus said. It's more like "you've succeeded at being a terrible manager, three times". (Although, due to the fencepost problem, it's really more like two times!)
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Mar 25 at 16:21
|
show 4 more comments
2
So she is saying something like "out of your three attempts to get the task done, you succeeded all three times"?
– Wilson
Mar 25 at 9:06
6
As a native British English speaker, I would note that I consider "(number) for (number)" to be an American English phrase.
– AndyT
Mar 25 at 11:59
5
In cricket "X for Y" means X runs for Y wickets, which doesn't mean the same thing (even figuratively).
– Greg
Mar 25 at 12:57
8
@Wilson Note that in this context it is undesirable for the employees to have completed the work, so the three "successes" here are not actually a good outcome. Alice is being sarcastic.
– Tashus
Mar 25 at 14:36
4
As Tashus said. It's more like "you've succeeded at being a terrible manager, three times". (Although, due to the fencepost problem, it's really more like two times!)
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Mar 25 at 16:21
2
2
So she is saying something like "out of your three attempts to get the task done, you succeeded all three times"?
– Wilson
Mar 25 at 9:06
So she is saying something like "out of your three attempts to get the task done, you succeeded all three times"?
– Wilson
Mar 25 at 9:06
6
6
As a native British English speaker, I would note that I consider "(number) for (number)" to be an American English phrase.
– AndyT
Mar 25 at 11:59
As a native British English speaker, I would note that I consider "(number) for (number)" to be an American English phrase.
– AndyT
Mar 25 at 11:59
5
5
In cricket "X for Y" means X runs for Y wickets, which doesn't mean the same thing (even figuratively).
– Greg
Mar 25 at 12:57
In cricket "X for Y" means X runs for Y wickets, which doesn't mean the same thing (even figuratively).
– Greg
Mar 25 at 12:57
8
8
@Wilson Note that in this context it is undesirable for the employees to have completed the work, so the three "successes" here are not actually a good outcome. Alice is being sarcastic.
– Tashus
Mar 25 at 14:36
@Wilson Note that in this context it is undesirable for the employees to have completed the work, so the three "successes" here are not actually a good outcome. Alice is being sarcastic.
– Tashus
Mar 25 at 14:36
4
4
As Tashus said. It's more like "you've succeeded at being a terrible manager, three times". (Although, due to the fencepost problem, it's really more like two times!)
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Mar 25 at 16:21
As Tashus said. It's more like "you've succeeded at being a terrible manager, three times". (Although, due to the fencepost problem, it's really more like two times!)
– Lightness Races in Orbit
Mar 25 at 16:21
|
show 4 more comments
Thanks for contributing an answer to English Language Learners Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fell.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f202241%2fyoure-three-for-three%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
