cross one's fingers

Also, keep one's fingers crossed.

Wish for luck by crossing two fingers of one hand. For example, I'm crossing my fingers that I get the job, or Keep your fingers crossed that the hurricane goes out to sea. This superstitious statement presumably alludes to the much older practice of making the sign of the cross to ward off evil. [Early 1900s]

Tell a white lie that doesn't matter. For example, I told Mom I didn't eat any cookies but I had my fingers crossed. The childish belief that if one keeps one's fingers crossed one may lie with impunity probably comes from children's games in which one was “safe” if one crossed one's fingers, and the ultimate allusion may be the same as in def. 1.

Words nearby cross one's fingers

cross-nodal, cross of Calvary, Cross of Gold speech, cross of Lorraine, Cross of Valour, cross one's fingers, cross one's mind, crossopterygian, cross-out, crossover, crossover distortion

单词	cross one's fingers
释义	cross one's fingers Also, keep one's fingers crossed. 1 Wish for luck by crossing two fingers of one hand. For example, I'm crossing my fingers that I get the job, or Keep your fingers crossed that the hurricane goes out to sea. This superstitious statement presumably alludes to the much older practice of making the sign of the cross to ward off evil. [Early 1900s] 2 Tell a white lie that doesn't matter. For example, I told Mom I didn't eat any cookies but I had my fingers crossed. The childish belief that if one keeps one's fingers crossed one may lie with impunity probably comes from children's games in which one was “safe” if one crossed one's fingers, and the ultimate allusion may be the same as in def. 1. Words nearby cross one's fingers cross-nodal, cross of Calvary, Cross of Gold speech, cross of Lorraine, Cross of Valour, cross one's fingers, cross one's mind, crossopterygian, cross-out, crossover, crossover distortion The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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