Breaking a mirror: If you break a mirror, it is said that you will suffer seven years of bad luck.
Breaking a mirror may bring you seven years of bad luck.
Carrying a rabbit's foot: An ction that according to superstition will bring good luck.
Carrying a rabbit's foot it the best way to have good luck.
Catching a falling leaf: It is said that if caught on the first day of autumn, a falling leaf could help you avoid a cold or sickness throughout the whole of winter.
If you catch a falling leaf, make a wish!
finding a penny: It represents new beginnings, the start of a new chapter and a fresh start.
If you find a penny, pick it up, and all day long, you'll have good luck.
killing a ladybug: An action that according to superstition will bring bad luck.
Killing a ladybug may bring you bad luck.
knocking on wood: An action that according to superstition will protect a person from bad luck.
a Knocking on wood can reverse bad luck if you break a mirror.
opening an umbrella indoors: One often wonders how superstitions pass from one generation to the next.
Opening an umbrella indoors leads to bad luck raining on you.
putting new shoes on a table: An action that according to superstition will bring bad luck.
Putting new shoes on a table signifies a death in the family for some people.
seeing a falling star: An action that according to superstition will bring good luck or grant wish.
I always make a wish after seeing a falling star.
spilling salt: An action that according to superstition will bring bad luck unless some of the salt is thrown back over the left shoulder.
Spilling salt is a European superstition.
throwing a coin in a fountain: An action that according to superstition will bring good luck or grant a wish.
Lots of tourists like throwing coins in the Trevi Fountain.
walking under a ladder: An action that according to superstition will bring bad luck.
I'm not superstitious, but you'd never catch me walking under a ladder.
bad luck: An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes. synonyms.
I've had bad luck with men.
good luck: Used to say that one hopes someone will succeed.
We're sorry that you're leaving. Good luck in your new job.
superstition: A belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation
It is a common superstition that a black cat crossing your path is bad luck.
believe: To consider to be true or honest.
You wouldn't believe how long it took.
