Why Do Actors Say Break a Leg?

break a leg is believed to be rooted in the theater community. superstitious performers believed saying things like good luck or you know I hope you do well would actually bring about bad luck so instead they would say something like break a leg. The idea being that you would go out on stage as a performer trip over and break your leg whilst acting but yeah so it's sort of like opposite day right They're wishing you bad luck thinking that that was actually giving you good luck if that makes sense okay. To have i'm sure you know this verb to possess something she has three brothersi don't have a lot of money have no no is not one not any nothing of something right so zero the

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