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keep your fingers crossed
USUK
to hope that something will happen the way you want
Often shortened to 'Fingers crossed!' People sometimes cross two fingers as they say it.
In context
I've got a job interview tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed for me!
We're keeping our fingers crossed that it won't rain on the wedding day.
Common mistake
Incorrect: Keep your finger crossed for me!
Correct: Keep your fingers crossed for me!
More idioms about success
- a blessing in disguisesomething that seems bad at first but later brings a good result
- a long shotan attempt or guess that has very little chance of success
- a Pyrrhic victorya win that costs so much that it is hardly worth winning
- against all oddsalthough success seemed very unlikely
- back to square oneback at the start, because an earlier attempt has failed