英语词汇break a leg的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

break a leg! Break a leg! means “good luck” in theatrical cir- cles, probably not because the great Sarah Bernhardt “had but one leg and it would be good luck to be like her.” No one is sure, but one theory has the expression deriving, possibly through Yiddish, from a German expression meaning “May you break your neck and your leg,” for which I can find no satisfactory ex- planation. It may also have something to do with wishing someone a “big break,” that is, good luck leading to success. Or bad luck like breaking a leg may simply be wished because ac- tors, a superstitious lot, have long believed that wishing them good luck guarantees something terrible will happen. See kill the people!; the scottish play.

词汇	break a leg
词源	break a leg! Break a leg! means “good luck” in theatrical cir- cles, probably not because the great Sarah Bernhardt “had but one leg and it would be good luck to be like her.” No one is sure, but one theory has the expression deriving, possibly through Yiddish, from a German expression meaning “May you break your neck and your leg,” for which I can find no satisfactory ex- planation. It may also have something to do with wishing someone a “big break,” that is, good luck leading to success. Or bad luck like breaking a leg may simply be wished because ac- tors, a superstitious lot, have long believed that wishing them good luck guarantees something terrible will happen. See kill the people!; the scottish play.
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