cross your fingers
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- wishYearned-for outcome
- superstitionBaseless belief in omens
- crossedWent from side to side
waiting · nervous · fingers · prayer · good fortune · anxious · hoping · wishing · knot · gesture · charm · believe · anticipation · jinx · bless · talisman · promise · lie
- wishful thinkingif only, what if, one day, fingers crossed, with any luck
- risk phrasestake a chance, take a gamble, risk it all, go for broke, roll the dice
hope vs. resignation
cross your fingersbrace yourself
Prepare for impact
throw in the towel · abandon hope · accept defeat · give up the ghost · give up
certainty vs. uncertainty
cross your fingersbank on it
Expression of certainty
take it to the bank · rest assured · count on it · bet the farm