Break a leg
Meaning........A wish of good luck, do well.
Ex. Break a leg in your examination ELC today.
"Break a leg" is sourced in
superstition. It is a wish of good luck, but the words wish just the opposite.
It was once common for people to believe in
Sprites. Sprites are actually spirits or ghosts that were believed to enjoy
wreaking havoc and causing trouble.
If the Sprites heard you ask for something,
they were reputed to try to make the opposite happen. Telling someone to
"break a leg" is an attempt to outsmart the Sprites and in fact make
something good happen. Sort of a medieval reverse psychology.
Have a nice day.....
