a cricket on the hearth

A sign of good health and good fortune. I'm putting this cricket statuette here because a cricket on the hearth is supposed to bring good luck.

cricket on the hearth

A symbol of good luck and health. A cricket on the hearth has been a sign of household luck for millennia and in many cultures. Crickets were widely considered to bring good fortune as well as a kind of companionship. Representations of a cricket have long been included as a fireplace decoration. The expression “to find a cricket on the hearth is the luckiest thing of all” comes from Charles Dickens's novella, Cricket on the Hearth.

词组	a cricket on the hearth
释义	a cricket on the hearth a cricket on the hearth A sign of good health and good fortune. I'm putting this cricket statuette here because a cricket on the hearth is supposed to bring good luck. See also: cricket, hearth, on Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. cricket on the hearth A symbol of good luck and health. A cricket on the hearth has been a sign of household luck for millennia and in many cultures. Crickets were widely considered to bring good fortune as well as a kind of companionship. Representations of a cricket have long been included as a fireplace decoration. The expression “to find a cricket on the hearth is the luckiest thing of all” comes from Charles Dickens's novella, Cricket on the Hearth. See also: cricket, hearth, on Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: cricket cricket on the hearth hearth albatross (one) (has) never had it so good be as good as new as good as new (as) good as new (it's) good to have you (here) as good as it gets References in classic literature To have a Cricket on the Hearth, is the luckiest thing in all the world!' The Cricket on the Hearth
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