Expression: 'Keep your fingers crossed'

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Thu Oct 26, 2006 20:35 pm Expression: 'Keep your fingers crossed'

Alan wrote:

keep your fingers crossed: a superstition; this is meant to bring good luck

Hi

I would like to discuss this idiom I just read in Alan's story.

Keep one's fingers crossed: My dictionary defines it as: to remain hopeful.

Could you please shed some more light on it?

Tom

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Thu Oct 26, 2006 21:11 pm Expression: 'keep your fingers crossed'

Hi Tom, It's a sort of superstition that if you keep your fingers crossed then you will not fail or come to harm. People say: I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you when they want you to succeed in say taking an exam, applying for a job or taking your driving test. A _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story A spring in your step

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