Crossing fingers to achieve your own good luck, or in a display of hopeful solidarity that things go well for someone else, is a widely recognized gesture. The finger-cross has a long history ...

A person can try to eat well and exercise, but there are many uncontrollable factors like genetics or environmental factors. Crossing fingers at the mention of heart disease or knocking wood can help ...

Crossing your fingers and hoping for the best. ... To this day, some people still cross their fingers behind their back if they’re telling a lie or making a promise they can’t keep.

Crossing your fingers might not help you win the lotto, but this simple action does have a seemingly magic power. A new study found that crisscrossing a finger over or under the others affected ...

But crossed fingers aren't just a way to show hope or ask for luck — if you discreetly cross your fingers behind your back, that can mean that you just told a lie.