Question of the Day #593

37% of respondents are hopeful about the next year, saying the “fingers crossed” emoji best reflects their feelings.

From the 3rd paragraph of this article at Provoke.

上記の文で、fingers crossedの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "fingers crossed" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎には、with fingers crossedの訳があり、それの意味は、

幸運［成功］を祈りながら

Fingers crossedだけでも同じ意味があります。なので、最近のemojiにもなっています。

Answer

According to MacMillan Dictionary :

used for saying that you hope something goes well or has a good result

Examples

• Tomorrow is my second test so fingers crossed!
• It’s too soon to get excited, but keep your fingers crossed.
• I studied for that exam for two weeks, so I hope I get a good grade on it. Fingers crossed!
• Fingers crossed my packages get delivered in time for Christmas!
• Let's keep our fingers crossed that it doesn't rain.

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