making a wish
Hoping for something
Making a wish is the act of silently or vocally expressing a hope for something to happen, typically during a ritualized moment believed to carry special power: blowing out birthday candles, seeing a shooting star, tossing a coin into a fountain, breaking a wishbone.
The ritual usually requires keeping the wish secret for it to "work." She closed her eyes before making a wish.
The practice persists into adulthood as a mix of nostalgia, superstition, and hopeful thinking.
- starLuminous astronomical object
- candleWax stick with wick
- birthdayAnnual date of origin
- birthday candlesCake decorations you extinguish
- blowMove air forcefully
close your eyes · eyelash · fountain · coin · lucky penny · dandelion · hope · dream · whisper · shooting star · falling star · prayer · longing · desire · magic · cake · blowing out · penny
- anticipation ritualscountdown, clock watching, pacing, nail biting, finger crossing
- birthdaysbirthday cake, birthday candle, birthday card, birthday song, birthday party
- party traditionschampagne toast, toasts, toasting, cake cutting, gift opening
making a wishresignation
Voluntary relinquishment of position
letting go · acquiescence · fatalism · losing hope · throwing in the towel
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