US /ˌsu:pərˈstɪʃəs/
・UK /ˌsu:pəˈstɪʃəs/
I am a very superstitious person, so I always ask people to wish me luck.
I am a very superstitious person, so I always ask people to wish me luck.
She's superstitious about crows.
He's superstitious about crows.
Rational people are used to being, at least in private, distinctly merciless in their mockery of the superstitious, the kind of people who cling to the hope that the alignment of Saturn and Jupiter might presage an upswing in their romantic fortunes, or who pray to an ancient god for help with a medical diagnosis, or who close their eyes and will that by the power of thought alone they can influence the minds of others.
Rational people are used to being, at least in private, distinctly merciless in their mockery of the superstitious.
Why can we be superstitious but not just a little stitious?
Why can we be superstitious but not just a little stitious?
I'm not a superstitious person.
I'm not a superstitious person.
superstitious prevision of success that he withdrew into the entry of the court.
and it was with a strong, superstitious provision of success that he withdrew into the entry of the court.
If not, you'll be out of harmony and it becomes like fortune telling and superstitious.
If not, you'll be out of harmony and it becomes, like, fortune-telling and superstitious,
I do not tire of emphasizing again and again one little briefly stated fact which these superstitious ones do not like to admit.
So as far as the superstitiousness of logicians is concerned, I do not tire of emphasizing again and again one little, briefly stated fact which these superstitious ones do not like to admit.
Now, actors always tell each other before they go on stage, "break a leg." Now, the idea is that it was bad luck to say to someone "good luck." They're a little bit superstitious, apparently, actors,
Now, actors always tell each other before they go on stage, "break a leg." Now, the idea is that it was bad luck to say to someone "good luck." They're a little bit superstitious, apparently, actors,
They were so superstitious. In fact that the true old English word for bear is now lost to history.
They were so superstitious, in fact, that the true old English word for bear is now lost to history.