cross one's fingers

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To put the middle finger across the index finger, especially
    — She was seen crossing her fingers in the wedding photo.
  2. To put the middle finger across the index finger, especially:; when wishing for luck, or
    — I hope everything turns out OK. I'll cross my fingers for you. / I'll cross my fingers that everything turns out OK.
  3. To put the middle finger across the index finger, especially:; when telling a lie (and attempting to escape the moral and other consequence of that lie).
    — Amanda placed her right hand behind her back and crossed her fingers. Her friend Sarah told her if you cross your fingers behind your back when you tell a lie, it's not a lie. Amanda didn't know if she believed that, but she crossed her fingers anyway.

词形变化

crosses one's fingers present,singular,third-person crossing one's fingers participle,present crossed one's fingers participle,past crossed one's fingers past

词汇关系

相关词
cross one's arms cross one's heart have one's fingers crossed keep one's fingers crossed

词源

* 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.
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