keep your fingers crossed

뜻

to hope that something will go well

일이 잘되기를 바라다.

예문

1. 1I've got my driving test tomorrow, so keep your fingers crossed for me!
2. 2We're keeping our fingers crossed that the weather holds for the wedding.
3. 3The flight is delayed, but we're keeping our fingers crossed that we'll still make the connection.
4. 4Leo posted his university application and kept his fingers crossed for weeks.
5. 5The results come out on Friday, and I'll keep my fingers crossed until then.

문법

형태가 바뀌는 것은 keep뿐이다: kept, keeping. fingers는 늘 복수이고 crossed는 바뀌지 않는다. 바라는 일은 for 뒤나 that 절로 나타낸다.

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