To make a wish on seeing a shooting star

(often humorous) Whatever you say you wish for I will treat as a command and do straight away.

The desired outcome may not be as desirable once it has been attained.

(colloquial, archaic) A form of mild swearing used to emphasis the truth of an assertion; accompanied by if and the opposite of the assertion.

A response to someone wishing for something, conveying that merely wishing for something has no effect or is of no use.

Alternative form of if wishes were horses, beggars would ride

A forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a lucky charm in some countries.

Someone who extends good wishes, or expresses sympathy to someone else.

Alternative form of wish list

plural of wishlist