cross one's fingers vs desire

cross one's fingers

verb
  • when wishing for luck, or 

  • when telling a lie (and attempting to escape the moral and other consequence of that lie). 

  • To put the middle finger across the index finger, especially 

desire

verb
  • To want; to wish for earnestly. 

  • To require; to demand; to claim. 

  • To miss; to regret. 

  • To want emotionally or sexually. 

  • To express a wish for; to entreat; to request. 

  • To put a request to (someone); to entreat. 

noun
  • Someone or something wished for. 

  • Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual. 

  • The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something. 

  • Motivation. 

How often have the words cross one's fingers and desire occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )