crossing one's fingers
Luck-summoning hand sign
Crossing one's fingers is a gesture of hope or wish-making—pressing the middle finger over the index finger while hoping for a favorable outcome: I'm crossing my fingers that the test results come back negative.
The gesture supposedly wards off bad luck or invokes good fortune.
Crossed fingers held behind the back traditionally nullify a promise or lie being told simultaneously.
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- deceitDeliberate misleading of others
- insincerityLack of genuine feeling
- lieDeliberate falsehood
- little white lieMinor harmless falsehood
gesture · signal · wish · duplicity · hope · wishful thinking · making a wish · evasion · body language · falsehood · ritual · dishonesty · bad faith · broken promise · pretense · posture · nervous habit · secret handshake
crossing one's fingersguarantee
Formal promise of fulfillment
certainty · sure thing · lock · done deal · slam dunk
crossing one's fingersknowing
Possessing awareness or insight
crossing one's fingerslosing hope
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