| 单词 | fingers crossed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfingers crossed (that, for, etc.) (b) fingers crossed (that, for, etc.): used elliptically to convey that one hopes for a specified outcome, state of affairs, situation, etc. ΚΠ 1947 K. Ferrier Let. 4 May (2003) i. 39 The memorising of Italian was a struggle at first..but I have been going to an Italian, Mr Gibilaro, who has helped me terrifically, and now I feel I'm getting the upper hand. (Fingers crossed!) 1983 C. Thomas Firefox Down (1984) ix. 213 It's looking good on the operations board—fingers crossed, sir. 1999 Healthy Eating Aug. (Summer Recipe Suppl.) 12/3 Fingers crossed for some long, hot evenings. 2008 Independent 10 Sept. 28/1 Scientists at..CERN, will switch on the Large Hadron Collider and we, fingers crossed, will gain a breakthrough insight into how our world was formed. 2011 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 3 Aug. 99 Fingers crossed that summer in Japan results in the usual seasonal spike in demand for beef in October and November. < as lemmas |
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