“I’ll keep my fingers crossed” in Russian
In English, if you want something to happen you say "Fingers crossed" or "I'll keep my fingers crossed" or even "I'll keep everything crossed" - do Russians have an equivalent and do they make the same gesture of crossing fingers? Similarly what about "touching wood" or "tempting fate"?
Many thanks.
Many thanks.
1 answer
Hi John,
Sometimes we say Я буду держать за тебя кулачки or Я буду думать о тебе. We say тьфу-тьфу-тьфу or постучи по дереву when something positive happened and we don't want that it ends.
У меня завтра собеседование.
Я буду держать за тебя кулачки!
Кажется, в моей жизни всё налаживается!
Постучи по дереву!
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