摘要：keep your fingers crossed “交叉手指（通常是食指与中指），祈求好运、希望某事顺利发生或结果如预期,祝你好运”

keep your fingers crossed “交叉手指（通常是食指与中指），祈求好运、希望某事顺利发生或结果如预期,祝你好运”

“keep your fingers crossed”这个表达的起源还真和基督教有关系。中世纪时，人们相信十字架能驱邪避恶，而用手指做出交叉的手势即简易的十字架，用来祈求上帝的保护。时过境迁，宗教含义逐渐淡化，但这个动作和说法却保留了下来，成了现在人们口中纯粹的“祝你好运”的全球通用语言。

本质是通过“肢体动作+心理期盼”的绑定，表达对“结果未卜、需运气加持的事（除了严肃事件如战争、疾病（理性重大事件希望hope for或难以实现的希望wish for）等从芝麻小事到人生重大时刻，几乎没有它不适用的场合）”的殷切祝愿。“虽然我不能控制结果，但我真心希望一切顺利”，常用于约会、考试、面试、外卖、抽奖或者看天气预告、职场等场景。此处fingers复数更常见，常用结构keep + one's finger(s) crossed + (for sth/sb或for sb to do sth) / (that从句)，仅适用于日常对话、短信、影视台词。如：

Keep your fingers for while I make my driving test.

请在我参加驾驶证考试时祝我好运。

I have a job interview tomorrow, so please keep your fingers crossed for me.

我明天有一次工作面试，请为我祈祷好运。

I’m keeping my fingers crossed for the exam.

我祝自己好运考试通过。

She kept her fingers crossed for her boyfriend’s raise, so they could go on the trip they planned.

她交叉手指祈求男友加薪，这样他们就能去原定的旅行了。

I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you to pass the final exam.

我会为你通过期末考试祈求好运。

We’re keeping our fingers crossed for them to win the basketball game.

我们正在为他们赢得这场篮球赛祈求好运。

She keeps her fingers crossed for her son to get that job offer.

她一直为儿子能得到那份工作机会祈求好运。

All the students are keeping their fingers crossed that the history exam has no tricky questions.

所有学生都交叉手指祈求历史考试没有难题。

I’m keeping my fingers crossed that he asks me out on a second date—our first one was perfect!

我交叉手指祈求他约我第二次约会——第一次太完美了！

Keep your fingers crossed—my crush said he’d text me about the movie tonight!

祈求好运啊——我暗恋的人说今晚要给我发消息说看电影的事！

(keep your fingers crossed单独使用，也是常见用法)

The newlyweds kept their fingers crossed that their wedding photos would turn out well.

这对新婚夫妇交叉手指祈求婚纱照拍得好看些。

Keep your fingers crossed that our friend doesn’t bail on the picnic—we’ve got all the food ready!

祈求好运，别让我们朋友临时取消野餐啊——我们把吃的都准备好了！

The candidate’s team kept their fingers crossed that the final poll results would favor him.

候选人的团队交叉手指祈求最终民调结果对他有利。

The café owner kept her fingers crossed for more customers during the weekend rush.

这家咖啡馆老板交叉手指祈求周末高峰期能多来些顾客。

Diplomats kept their fingers crossed that the last-round talks would prevent a trade conflict.

外交官们交叉手指祈求最后一轮会谈能避免贸易冲突。

The soldiers’ families kept their fingers crossed that the mission would end safely and their loved ones would return.

士兵家属们交叉手指祈求任务安全结束，亲人能平安归来。

I’m keeping my fingers crossed that Ross doesn’t find out about our date—he’ll flip out! 《老友记》

我交叉手指祈求罗斯别发现我们约会的事——他会气炸的！

来源：翅膀英语一点号