English Hand Gestures

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1. Hand gestures may have different 6. If I cross my fingers in front of my

meanings in different cultures. body, it means:
 true  I'm hoping something good
 false will happen
 I'm lying
2. If we make the peace sign but with  I want somebody to go away
the outside of our hand facing  I'm warding off evil
someone, this could be considered  I'm going to vomit
very offensive in British culture.
 true 7. If I rub my thumb against my index
 false and middle finger quickly, it means:
 Time
3. In Western culture, we knock on  Crazy
wood when:  Money
 we want to threaten  something smells bad
someone  you are attractive
 we want to show we are
joking about something 8. In English, if we want to say "me",
 we want to tell somebody we point to:
they are crazy  our chest
 we want to prevent the bad  our nose
outcome of an event  our stomach
 the side of our head
4. If I want to say "crazy" with my  our butt
hands, I should:
 clap them together 9. In the 1990s, if someone made an L
 put up only my middle finger with their hand and put it on their
and keep the rest of my forehead, it meant:
fingers down  liar
 point my index finger at the  loser
side of my head and move it  loner
in circles  lucky
 snap my fingers  lover
 lick my fingers and then rub
them on your face, neck, and 10. If I put my right hand over
chest my heart, it means:
 I'm sick
5. If I cross my fingers and put them  I'm insulting someone
behind my back, it means:  I swear
 I am hoping something good  I'm embarrassed
will happen  I ate rotten fish
 I am praying
 I am warding off evil
 I'm lying
 I have gas