keep one's fingers crossed

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keep one's fingers crossed

To keep wishing and hoping that all will go well; from the physical act of superstitiously crossing the fingers.

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Meanwhile, it would perhaps be best to keep one's fingers crossed and, more importantly, make an endeavour not to miss the forest for the trees!

Missing the forest for the trees!

The think tank of the league assures that a revenue model is very much in place and the franchise owners should be able to make profits from the second year itself, but one has to keep one's fingers crossed.

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But one has to keep one's fingers crossed because of the rising imports, and higher global prices for a range of imports.