to keep one's fingers crossed in All languages combined

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Englisch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Redewendung (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Siehe auch",
      "orig": "siehe auch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "wörtlich: „[jemandem] die Finger kreuzen“ (in englischsprachigen Ländern, eine häufige Glücksgeste)",
  "hyphenation": "to keep one's fin·gers cross·ed",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I’ll keep my fingers crossed.",
          "translation": "Ich werde die Daumen drücken."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jemandem Glück und Gelingen für ein bestimmtes Vorhaben wünschen (deutsche Entsprechung: jemandem die Daumen drücken)"
      ],
      "id": "de-to_keep_one's_fingers_crossed-en-phrase-uH7XkJuU",
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "lang": "Englisch",
      "lang_code": "en"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "touch wood"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "jemandem die Daumen drücken"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Schwedisch",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "hålla tummarna"
    }
  ],
  "word": "to keep one's fingers crossed"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Englisch",
    "Redewendung (Englisch)",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "wörtlich: „[jemandem] die Finger kreuzen“ (in englischsprachigen Ländern, eine häufige Glücksgeste)",
  "hyphenation": "to keep one's fin·gers cross·ed",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I’ll keep my fingers crossed.",
          "translation": "Ich werde die Daumen drücken."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "jemandem Glück und Gelingen für ein bestimmtes Vorhaben wünschen (deutsche Entsprechung: jemandem die Daumen drücken)"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "lang": "Englisch",
      "lang_code": "en"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "touch wood"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "jemandem die Daumen drücken"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Schwedisch",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "hålla tummarna"
    }
  ],
  "word": "to keep one's fingers crossed"
}

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"to keep one's fingers crossed" meaning in All languages combined

Phrase [Englisch]