You don’t have to be in showbiz to know the right thing to say to actors before they go out on stage. Have a good show? Hardly. Good luck? Never! No, we always tell performers to “break a leg.” You ...

“Break a leg” is an expression we’ve all heard a million times—but where does it come from exactly? What is break a leg's meaning? After all, it doesn’t exactly make sense to say “break a leg” when ...