break a leg

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   used to wish sb good luck

   Good luck. Break a leg.

In the movies · 9

• - (WHISPERS) Break a leg. - I'll break all his legs.Thor: Love and Thunder2022
• Good luck. Break a leg.A Charlie Brown Christmas1965
• - Dad, what are you doing? - Marcel, break a leg! We're all here!Uncut Gems2019
• Break a leg.Oppenheimer2023
• Ah. So break a leg.Birdman or2014
• And break a leg.The Boss Baby: Family Business2021
• "Break a leg", not "Good luck."Wonder2017
• Ready to break a leg, Miriam?Coraline2009

Learn it in full scenes

• Uncut Gems2019
  • Collectors Come to Howard's Showroom
  • Howard and Dinah Fight Then Make Up
  • Kevin Garnett Shops for Jewelry
• Oppenheimer2023
  • Bohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen
  • Strauss Offers Oppenheimer a Job
  • Rabi Meets Oppenheimer on a Train

From the same entry

• get your leg over
• have legs
• not have a leg to stand on
• cost an arm and a leg
• as fast as your legs can carry you
• be on your last legs
• pull leg
• shake a leg
• stretch your legs
• with your tail between your legs
• talk the hind leg off a donkey
• leg it

More slang

• for crying out loud
• bug the hell out of
• we gotta go
• what the hell was that
• for god's sake
• what the hell is this
• you wish
• yeah right
• spill the beans
• hold up
• let's do this
• no shit