cross one's fingers
verbEtymology
* As a gesture of good luck, from the Christian notion of inconspicuously making a sign of the cross as an invocation to God. * As a gesture of lying, probably from the Schwurhand, a gesture used in some European countries when taking an oath. The right hand is raised with the index and middle fingers extended upwards (somewhat similarly to a V sign but with the thumb on the side). By crossing the two fingers, the oath is thus symbolically broken.
Definitions
To put the middle finger across the index finger, especially
- She was seen crossing her fingers in the wedding photo.
The neighborhood
- neighborcross one's arms
- neighborcross one's heart
- neighborhave one's fingers crossed
- neighborkeep one's fingers crossed
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA