[NEohioPAL]break a leg

Fri Oct 8 13:51:40 PDT 2004

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the term "break a leg" has nothing to do with body harm.  To break a leg 
means to enter the stage through one of the side curtains or"legs".. If you make a 
good "break" or entrance, you will have a good performance. It can also refer 
to actors in Elizabethan times doing a command performance befor the queen.  
If she liked the performance and applauded , the actors would bow by bending 
their knees or"breaking a leg".  The term means to give a performance worthy of 
applause. Hope that helps.

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