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knock on wood
- Some people say, 鈥淜nock on wood,鈥 and then knock on something made of wood for good luck, when they have made a remark that has been true up to that point and they want it to continue to be true: 鈥淚've never had an accident yet, knock on wood.鈥
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Idioms and Phrases
Also, touch wood . Express a wish that something will or will not occur, as in This last round of treatment should have cured her, knock on wood . This expression alludes to an ancient superstition that literally knocking on or touching wood will ward off evil spirits. [c. 1900]Example Sentences
And knock on wood that continues.
Knock on wood, it鈥檚 been kind of a nice, steady trend line up to get to this point.
Knock on wood that it remains so, but if you鈥檙e not smoking or drinking, and you鈥檙e physically fit, it鈥檚 actually easier now.
鈥淜nock on wood, if the movie gods and the audience want to go back and see something more from this world and these characters, this whole team would be like, 鈥楲et鈥檚 do it,鈥 because it was one of the best film experiences we鈥檝e had,鈥 Leitch says.
And as we progress, knock on wood, we鈥檒l learn about his life before his family 鈥 his wife and child.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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