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词组 touch wood
释义 touch wood

used superstitiously as a precaution against bad luck, spoken to accompany the action of touching wood (often humorously tapping your own wooden head); or to replace the need for the action; or by rote, without superstition, as a general way of saying “with luck” UK, 1908
After a Christian belief in the benefit of touching the cross, hence the proverbial “Touch wood, it’s sure to come good”.
  • They’re risky, but we’ve never had one blow up on us yet, touch wood. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 23, 2001
  • I see a man who still, touch wood, has a wife who will, touch wood, return to him[.] — Andrew Holmes, Sleb, p. 157, 2002
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