Non-native speakers often find __26__ frustrating to understand an English idiom,
because its real meaning can be very different from its literal meaning. Yet __27__ you
know what the origin of the idiom is, you may pick up the idiom more easily. For instance,
do you know what it truly means when someone says “Break a leg in your game today”?
Does that person want you to lose the game?
    In fact, “break a leg” is sourced in superstition. By wishing someone bad luck, it is
supposed that the opposite will occur. It was once common for people to believe in
Sprites. Sprites are actually spirits or ghosts that were believed to enjoy causing trouble.
If the Sprites heard you ask for something, they __28__ make the opposite happen. Telling
someone to “break a leg” is an attempt to outsmart the Sprites __29__ make something
good happen. It is sort of a medieval reverse psychology.
    Next time you hear “break a leg,” you know your proper response is to say “Thank you,”
__30__ puzzled or angry!
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