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Wishing good luck to an actor
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o***@yahoo.com
2006-10-16 14:18:57 UTC
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Hi, all

Hope you don't mind a trivial question.

In the USA, when we want to wish an actor luck or success in a
particular play, we say "break a leg." Is there an equivalent
expression in the UK?

Thanks for any help.
Chris Jobson
2006-10-16 20:07:24 UTC
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Post by o***@yahoo.com
Hi, all
Hope you don't mind a trivial question.
In the USA, when we want to wish an actor luck or success in a
particular play, we say "break a leg." Is there an equivalent
expression in the UK?
Thanks for any help.
Exactly the same in the UK!

Chris Jobson
charles
2006-10-16 22:39:50 UTC
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Post by o***@yahoo.com
Hi, all
Hope you don't mind a trivial question.
In the USA, when we want to wish an actor luck or success in a
particular play, we say "break a leg." Is there an equivalent
expression in the UK?
Thanks for any help.
Exactly the same in the UK!
only it doesn't mean "fracture a lower limb". 'Legs' are the soft backs
used for wing masking, so the expression means 'make a good entrance'.


The French, who are by nature different, say "merde". I'll leave you to
look that up yourself.
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David McClelland
2006-11-19 19:50:48 UTC
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Post by charles
only it doesn't mean "fracture a lower limb". 'Legs' are the soft backs
used for wing masking, so the expression means 'make a good entrance'.
Interesting - I'd never associated 'break a leg' with those kinds of legs.
Like many others, I've always taken 'break a leg' as a not-tempting-fate
thing.

DMc
Post by charles
Post by Chris Jobson
Post by o***@yahoo.com
Hi, all
Hope you don't mind a trivial question.
In the USA, when we want to wish an actor luck or success in a
particular play, we say "break a leg." Is there an equivalent
expression in the UK?
Thanks for any help.
Exactly the same in the UK!
only it doesn't mean "fracture a lower limb". 'Legs' are the soft backs
used for wing masking, so the expression means 'make a good entrance'.
The French, who are by nature different, say "merde". I'll leave you to
look that up yourself.
--
From KT24 - in "Leafy Surrey"
Using a RISC OS computer running v5.11
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