| 词组 | break a leg! |
| 释义 | Idiom Break a leg! Theme: LUCK good luck. (Theatrical slang. This is said to actors before a performance instead of Good luck.)Before the play, John said to Mary, "Break a leg!"Saying "Break a leg!" before a performance is an old theatrical tradition. Slang Break a leg! Theme: LUCK exclam. “Good luck!” (A special theatrical way of wishing a performer good luck. Saying “good luck” is a jinx.)“Break a leg!” shouted the stage manager to the heroine.Let's all go and do our best. Break a leg! Idiom Break a leg! something that you say to wish someone good luck, especially before they perform in the theatre.'Tonight's the first night of the play.' 'Is it? Well, break a leg!' (usually an order)break a leg! to an actor, good luck! Theatrical superstition considers a wish of good luck to be tempting fate. Folk-etymology offers the example of American actor John Wilkes Booth who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. The assassin jumped on stage and broke his leg. Unlikely. It is remembered in use in the 1930s, and is suspected to be of English origin; it is certainly widely used in the UK US, 1973 |
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