break a leg

Etymology

 * many unproven and widely debated theories exist. One of the most plausible is that it comes from through the heavy Ashkenazi Jewish influence in the American theater, via the misinterpretation in  as . The Yiddish phrase itself comes from . Another possible origin was to wish opposite luck on the performer so as not to jinx the statement.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 祝你好運
 * Czech:
 * Danish: knæk og bræk!, pøj
 * Dutch: zet hem op, ... ze!, e.g. speel ze, toi toi toi!
 * Estonian: kivi kotti!
 * Finnish:, tsemppi
 * French: je te dis merde !,, bonne merde
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: הַצְלָחָה וּבְרָכָה!
 * Hungarian: kéz- és lábtörést!
 * Italian:, in culo alla balena!
 * Norwegian Nynorsk: skitfiske, skitjakt
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: dê o seu melhor!, muita merda!
 * Russian:, ни хвоста ни чешуи
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ни длаке ни пера!
 * Roman: ni dlake ni pera!
 * Spanish: ¡mucha mierda!, ¡mucha miola/miércale/porra!
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: iyi şanslar!,
 * Ukrainian: ні пу́ху ні пера́!, ні пір'я ні луски
 * Yiddish: הצלחה און ברכה!