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Terms for subject Idiomatic containing не сглазь | all forms | in specified order only
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тьфу-тьфу, чтобыы не сглазитьkeep your fingers crossed (VLZ_58)
тьфу-тьфу, чтобыы не сглазитьknock on wood (VLZ_58)
чтоб не сглазитьI don't want to jinx it ("I don't want to jinx it, but …" 4uzhoj)
чтобы не сглазить!bad harvest (В определенном контексте -аналог "сплюнь!" в русском языке. E.g.: "- Nothing will go wrong. – Bad harvest, bad harvest!" As explained in the "Downton Abbey" series, the superstitious farmers in the old days would shout "bad harvest" when the crop was good so that the gods wouldn't grow jealous of their luck pajohn22)