knock on wood

Meaning

1. used when you have just mentioned some way in which you have been lucky in the past, to avoid bringing bad luck

In the movies · 5

• Knock, knock, knock, knock, knock. Knock on wood.Encanto2021
• ...and he's comin' back next weekend and I think him and I are gonna do Knock On Wood together.Summer of Soul2021
• Knock wood. in a few weeks I'll get some strength back and we can both come home again.The Art of Racing in the Rain2019
• Now, you-you knock on wood for me.The Shop Around the Corner1940
• -Near is -Far is -Here is -There Turtles turning everywhere Things are getting clear Well, knock on wood, my dear When you change the view from where you stood The things you view will change for goodMary Poppins Returns2018

Learn it in full scenes

• Encanto2021
  • Abuela Tells Mirabel the Miracle Story
  • Mirabel Introduces the Madrigals
  • Mirabel Told to Step Aside
• The Shop Around the Corner1940
  • Morning Gossip at Matuschek's
  • The Anonymous Letter From Box 237
  • Matuschek's Singing Cigarette Box

From the same entry

• I'll knock your block off
• knock dead
• knock into a cocked hat
• knock it off
• knock off their pedestal
• knock on the head
• knock sideways
• knock spots off
• knock the stuffing out of
• you could have knocked me down with a feather
• beat the daylights out of
• bang your heads together