what does phrase "Keep your fingers crossed" mean?
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" The practice is rooted in pre-Christian Europe, when the cross was an important pagan symbol and a wish made on a cross was more likely to come true. We tend to believe that crossing one's fingers is rooted more in Christianity (the Christian cross is the source of several English words and practices, like criss-cross and marking one's signature in the form of an X) until we can find evidence to the contrary. The notion was, of course, that making a cross, the symbol of Christ's cross, would encourage God to grant one good luck."
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"...I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, - and I won't be laid a hand on.  I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."\n\nJ. B. Books, from the movie THE SHOOTIST
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means don't plan your whole life ahead, if it was meant to be it will happen if it wasn't well you were destined to do/see/be somewhere/something else. And the reality of your plans failing will hit you hard if you keep planning everything. \n"Life is what happens while you're planning everything else."
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The quote simply means to keep your eyes on the prize and to stay the course.  Societies with a long term vision will tolerate set backs if they stand united in a vision for the future.
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my fingers are still crossed...
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Don't be so impulsive\n\n'Make up your mind' would be a better english equivelent phrase.\n\n'No seas' is a directive not a statement.
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This is a delightful British term that means doing your best to get on with it, despite the odds being stacked against you. It doesn't mean you're winging it, it means you're doing your best in a bad situation. or having a 'stiff upper lip' and steely resolve, which all us brits love to do!
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"uncertain as a sign or indication"
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Not so rough man, that's what forecasters do: to predict. Prediction means the reality can come exactly like what they say or not. You still have a nice day, don't you?
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enjoy it, that means is working\n\n:> peace\n.
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It is an idiom intended to mean "be careful, pay attention to detail"  it has morphed, in recent times, to mean many other things including "be polite".\n\nThere are several theories about it's origin, but the one I believe makes the most sense is - mind your Pints and Quarts.  Meaning to keep track of what you order in a pup so you are not over charged.
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I interpret that to mean that you shouldn't count on something being permanent - a lot like "Never say never".
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It means that you practice preventative measures and that you act in a forward thinking way to anticipate any difficulty that might occur.
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I think that the meaning to this quote is quite a spiritual one.  Since it is certain that you were born and it is certain that you will someday die.  So when a doctor tells you that you are plagued by an incurable cancer, you are experiencing the possibility of death only because you were born.  However, the key word is possibility and that is where "save for the middle" comes in. It is what you do with the gift (your birth) of your life (the middle) that provides determines your end (your death).
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I would take a quote from Dr. Seuss "Oh the Places you'll go."\n\nMaybe "Congratulatiions!  Today is your day.  You're off to Great Places!  You're off and away!.....And will you succeed?  Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)
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"Never Settle for less but, remember... having more is not always important"\n\nAuthor : ME
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A condition or warning.