What is the meaning of crossed fingers?

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Paco2004 · Accepted Answer

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Usually [url="http://www.ronandjoe.com/friends/hypnoclp/hypno3/Contents/html/3_bus_trans_2_1.html"]to hold up crossed fingers[/url] is used as a body language meaning "Good Luck!" but [url="http://www.fotosearch.com/ART454/200026225-001/"] to hold crossed fingers behind your back[/url] is used to show your negation against what you are listening to.

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Pieanne · Answer

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Sometimes I cross my fingers when I walk under a ladder, maybe more in the hope that nothing's going to fall on my head than to keep bad luck away!

MrPedantic · Answer

Here are two BrE meanings. There may be others:

1. To say 'fingers crossed!' (and sometimes hold up your crossed fingers) means 'I hope this succeeds!'.

2. To keep your fingers crossed secretly when you tell a lie absolves you from any responsibility for that lie. If your lie is discovered, you can claim to have had your fingers crossed at the time. (If you're unable to cross your fingers while telling the lie, you can cross any other part of your body – legs, feet, etc.)

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Anonymous · Answer

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Nona the brit · Answer

0 That's interesting and it is clear from the link that this is connected to the crossed finger connection to untruth and lying. the soldier in the example is basically telling us that although he is shaking her hand - a symbol of respect - he doesn't actually feel that way about her! I did something similar when I was coerced into being godmother for one of my neices (I am not a Christian) - I kept my fingers crossed inside my coat pocket all the way through. Silly really, but I felt as though I was being made to say things I didn't believe and I was lying, so I felt better about doing it with my fingers crossed....daft. 0-

MrPedantic · Answer

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Khoff · Answer

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Anonymous · Answer

To cross one's fingers is a hand gesture used to http://www.EnglishForward.com/wiki/Superstition wish for good luck or to nullify a promise. The supposed loophole of crossing one's fingers whilst making a promise is usually exploited by school-aged children.

Crossing one's fingers, by curling the middle finger over the index, is thought to bring good luck. This dates back to when crossed fingers were used as a gesture to ward off http://www.EnglishForward.com/wiki/Witches and others considered to be or possess evil spirits. It is also seen as bad luck to cross your fingers on both hands.

Christians believe that crossing one's fingers is to affirm one's faith in Jesus Christ who died on a Cross (thus crossed fingers) in Israel under Roman rule. Crossing one's fingers may have been used as a secret sign amongst Christian believers, especially during persecution.

Some believe that the gesture originates from pre-Christian times and, in many early European cultures, two people were required to use their index fingers to form the sign, one to make a wish and the other to support it. It was believed that the cross was a symbol of unity and that benign spirits dwelt at its intersecting point—to wish on a cross was a figurative way of securing the wish at the intersection until it came true. Over the years, the custom was modified so one person could make a wish on his/her own.

The 'crossed fingers' gesture is used for the logo of the United Kingdom's http://www.EnglishForward.com/wiki/NationalLottery(United_Kingdom), as well as the http://www.EnglishForward.com/wiki/Oregon_Lottery in the United States.

Crossed fingers behind the back can also be used when making a promise or a claim to indicate that you are lying. This has been used in http://www.EnglishForward.com/wiki/Television and http://www.EnglishForward.com/wiki/Movies to clue in the viewers while keeping other characters in the dark.

-- Courtesy of Wikipedia

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