In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
To cross your fingers

Options

A. to get extremely confused over trivial decisions
B. to secretly wish bad for someone
C. to refuse someone's request politely
D. to hope that things will hap pen in the way that one wants them to happen

Answer

D

Explanation

to cross your fingers : to hope very much that something will happen. I am just going to cross my fingers and hope it works. The best option is to hope that things will happen in the way that one wants them to happen.