an action performed:
1) for
luck.
2) to exclude oneself from the rules which would normally apply.
3) to imply that "we're
like *that*", ie as close to each other as
two crossed fingers
Can be represented by the emoticon (yn); apparently this pictorially resembles crossed fingers ...
1) fingers crossed for your driving
test!
2) "It": Tagged you!
Taggee: No, you can't, cos my i've got my fingers crossed.
Ma: How could you lie to me,
Johnny!?
Johnny: It wasn't really a lie, ma; I had my fingers crossed behind my back.
Cop: You're under arrest, Sonny Jim.
Boy: You can't arrest me, cos I had my fingers crossed when I burgled all those houses...
3) Mafioso: Me and the Don; we're like *that*
Other guy: (gulp)...