Keep your fingers crossed

Posted by ESC January 01, 2000In reply to "Fingers Crossed" posted by Mustafa on December 31, 1999

Where did this expression originate?
Any ideas? Thanks!

KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED -- From Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings by Gregory Y. Titelman: "Hope for success. The saying derives from the superstition that bad luck may be averted by making the sign of the cross. Originated in the 1920s."