cross one Idiom, Proverb
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cross one's palm with silver
Idiom(s): cross one's palm with silverTheme: MONEY
to pay money to someone in payment for a service. (A fortune-teller might ask for a potential customer to cross her palm with silver.Used in that sense or jocularly for something like tipping a porter.)
• I crossed his palm with silver, but he still stood there.
• You will find that things happen much faster in hotels if you cross the staffs palms with silver fairly often.
cross one's heart and hope to die
Idiom(s): cross one's heart (and hope to die)Theme: PROMISES
to pledge or vow that the truth is being told.
• It's true, cross my heart and hope to die.
• It's really true—cross my heart.
cross one's mind
Idiom(s): pass through someone's mind AND cross someone's mindTheme: THOUGHT
to come to mind briefly; for an idea to occur to someone.
• Let me tell you what just crossed my mind.
• As you were speaking, something passed through my mind that I'd like to discuss.
cross one's fingers
Idiom(s): keep one's fingers crossed (for someone or something) AND cross one's fingersTheme: HOPE
to wish for luck for someone or something, often by crossing one's fingers; to hope for a good outcome for someone or something.
• I hope you win the race Saturday. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you.
• I'm trying out for a play. Keep your fingers crossed!
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v. phr. 1a. To cross two fingers of one hand for good luck. Mary crossed her fingers during the race so that Tom would win. 11b. or keep one's fingers crossed informal To wish for good luck. Keep your fingers crossed while I take the test. 2. To cross two fingers of one hand to excuse an untruth that you are telling. Johnny crossed his fingers when he told his mother the lie.cross one's heart|cross|cross my heart|cross my he
v. phr., informal To say that what you have said is surely true; promise seriously that it is true.
Often used by children in the longer form. Children often make a sign of a cross over the heart as they say it, for emphasis. "Cross my heart, I didn't hide your bicycle," Harry told Tom. "I didn't tell the teacher what you said. Cross my heart and hope to die," Mary said to Lucy.cross one's mind|pass through one's mind
v. phr. To be a sudden or passing thought; be thought of by someone; come to your mind; occur to you. At first Bob was puzzled by Virginia's waving, but then it crossed his mind that she was trying to tell him something. When Jane did not come home by midnight, many terrible fears passed through Mother's mind.cross one's path|cross|path
v. phr. To meet or encounter someone; to come upon someone more by accident than by plan. Surprisingly, I crossed John's path in Central Park one afternoon.cross (one) (up)
To defy, challenge, or annul one. Don't cantankerous that guy if you appetite a job in publishing—he's a acclaimed editor. Stephen has beyond me up so abounding times I aloof can't assurance him anymore.Learn more: crosscross someone
to argue someone. You best not cantankerous Jim. He has a actual bad temper. This is the aftermost time you cantankerous me, you hear?cross someone
verbSee cross addition upLearn more: cross, someonecross addition (up)
and cross up someone tv. to go adjoin someone; to baffle someone. Don’t cantankerous me up if you apperceive what’s acceptable for you. Learn more: cross, someone, up
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