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 fingersCan 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)...