what does the following sentence mean??
[ Let's keep our fingers crossed ]
thx!!
Let\'s keep our fingers crossed
2010-02-10 6:55 pm
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2010-02-10 7:28 pm
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"Keep Fingers Crossed" 係一句西方諺語/俗語或一種民間嘅迷信文化, 係有"Good Luck" 嘅意思. 手勢係將中指叠過食指上面. 例句:
"I wonder the project we submitted to the teacher will get an A-grade"
"Let's keep our fingers crossed."
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2010-02-19 7:12 pm
fingers crossed means good luck, so it means wish you good luck or wish
yourself luck
yourself luck
2010-02-11 8:55 am
2010-02-10 7:25 pm
]Let's keep our fingers crossed] means:
Let's wait and hope for good outcome.
*KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED -- From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman: "Hope for success. The saying derives from the superstition that bad luck may be averted by making the sign of the cross. Originated in the 1920s."
Let's wait and hope for good outcome.
*KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED -- From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman: "Hope for success. The saying derives from the superstition that bad luck may be averted by making the sign of the cross. Originated in the 1920s."
參考: Random House Dictionary
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