touch wood

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

To make contact with wood to avert bad luck, in accordance with a folk practice.

Intj

Hopefully; said while touching something wooden, to avert superstitious bad luck from what has just been said.

Sinónimos

knock on wood

break a leg

german tinder

amadou

punk

tinder

absit omen

Traducións

tocar madera

auf Holz klopfen

toucher du bois

hout vasthouden

χτύπα ξύλο

tocar fusta

afkloppen

toca fusta

tahtaya vur

Hals- und Beinbruch

toi, toi, toi

Dieu m’en garde

Mon Dieu

bater na madeira

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From a folk practice of unclear origin.