Break a leg

Posted by: Fisbey on 01 March 2005

I really should know this, especially as its been explained before, but what does 'break a leg' mean when said to performers before they go on stage, or more specifically where does the saying come from?

Posted on: 01 March 2005 by Tim Danaher

Here you go:

http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxbreaka.html

Posted on: 01 March 2005 by Berlin Fritz

I was brought up to understand it as "Get a move on", but that's Cockney stuff, innit.

Fritz Von I woz well shocked