Break a leg
English idiom
Idiomatic translations of "Break a leg"
Azerbaijani
Şeytanın qıçını qır
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Chinese
祝你好運!
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Czech
Zlom vaz!
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Danish
knæk og bræk
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Hebrew
תשבור רגל
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Hungarian
Kéz- és lábtörést
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Italian
In bucca al lupo
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Japanese
頑張れ！
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Japanese
成功を祈る
Norwegian
Tvi, tvi
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Norwegian
Lykke til
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Portuguese
Torço por você
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Portuguese
Muita merda!
Tongan
Monu'ia
Turkish
İyi şanslar!
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Turkish
Şeytanın bacağını kır
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Turkish
Bol şans!
Vietnamese
Cố lên nhé!
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Meanings of "Break a leg"
English
Break a leg" is a typical English idiom used in theatre to wish a performer "good luck".
... The expression probably reflects a superstition (perhaps a theatrical superstition) in which directly wishing a person "good luck" would be considered bad luck, therefore an alternative way of wishing luck was developed.
German
Greek
Χτύπα ξύλο
1Greek
"Break a leg" in lyrics
Toi Toi ToiEisbrecher
Who should do it
Toi, toi, toi - break a leg
Toi, toi, toi - you can do it
ShoesEmir Đulović
The time has come, the time to live with you
And, thank God, even when I break a leg, I run
Because without you, I can't stand the nights
Wily WilyGhali
You learning a new word and repeating it,
Who defames you but doesn't talk when you meet him,
Who says "Break a leg" and hopes that you drop dead,
The Italian people who let themselves be fooled,
Safety Zonej-hope
발맞춰 살아가지만, 삐걱대
애써 나를 위해 외치는 듯해
'Break a leg'
In my zone, 도심 속 잘 맞춰
The WolfLucio Corsi
In the mouth of the wolf break a leg" in English. This song is imagining what kind of wolf you are trapped in, and why it is somehow a good thing. " href="#footnote1_bcark7n" rel="nofollow">1
Who may break from sadness
Who may fall in love with a hawk woman
Who always flies ever ...
RichClaudio Capéo
At the age when one disowns their dad, you'll disown me
And I won't make manners, nor cinema
You'll tell me shit break a leg" in English. You say it because the belief is that actually wishing somenody "good luck" will bring about bad luck.
So this line could mean one of ...
VegetablesPinguini Tattici Nucleari
A word is too much
While two are too few
So break a leg, Princess Mononoke
Because I'm done with sad songs
Good EnoughKittenSneeze
Don't give up, we're gonna make it
There's a score, let's celebrate it
'Nother score, we gotta break a leg or two or—
Maybe they're a little mad
ScreamingBAND-MAID
過去も未来に変えるんだ
Call me crazy
Break a leg (Move on fast！)
Break A Legxikers
용기를 주는 sign
Break a leg
밤이 새도록 뛰어, all night long (Woah-oh-oh)
Fell for YouGreen Day
Did you crash in my imagination too?
Break a leg and you crush my heart,
I'm a mess and you're a work of art
Skeleton SamLOVECRAFT
He's the graveyard legend of the danging game
Rumor has it he invented how to knock 'em dead
He's the reason we all say "break a leg"
ScreamingBAND-MAID
The past can also be turned into the future
Call me crazy
Break a leg (Move on fast!)
Currents ConvulsivePierce the Veil
So congratulations
(You)
Break a leg tonight, what a shame
I heard the understudy died under the knife
Radio signalsKasta
Here she is, herself, fast beside!
Heart has swelled and gone up to throat...
So, break a leg! I stood up obediently
And with horror understood, that I`m walking right to her,
Trombone ChollyBessie Smith
You'll even make a king
Get down off his throne;
And he would break a leg, I know
A-doin' the charleston while you blow!
Sky BeneathRodrigo Amarante
Invents the sun, I'm told
To break a leg, it took my heart
Impermanence left a scar
Lace ItJuice WRLD
Stressed out, so I tend to take meds (Take meds)
Thе Devil told me, "Good show, break a lеg" (Break a leg)
All these painkillers like I got a pair of broken legs (Broken legs)
Story of ESC (That's Eurovision)Måns Zelmerlöw
The singers come together like songbirds of a feather
For victory they hope and pray and beg
[Måns]: Wait there in the green room, an often rather mean room, wishing all of our competitors break a leg
[Petra]: The impact of the show I cannot overstate
PUT IT ON MEEVNNE
Like a favorite song umm
Break a leg
Let's roll
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The expression arises from show business.
The belief is that anyone's wish of good fortune, a successful show, will result in a "jinx", an inevitable curse, on the act.
Of course, breaking a leg on stage would be a "jinx", a nasty stroke of bad luck, so the supposition is that if you wish good luck on someone it results in bad, likewise if you wish bad luck on someone, it results in good.
— BuenSabor 13 years ago