fingers crossed



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fingers crossed

An expression of hope that something one desires will come to pass or turn out to be true. A truncated version of the phrase "keep your fingers crossed." I studied for that exam for two weeks, so I hope I get a good grade on it. Fingers crossed! Fingers crossed my packages get delivered in time for Christmas!
See also: crosse, finger

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Avidan-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Nerissa-Literature
Zechariahzek-ə-RIE-ə (English)Biblical, English
Starr[stɑ:]
GretaGRE-tah (German), GRET-ə (English)Swedish, German, English
Nand-Indian, Hindi