cross the Rubicon

EFFECT/INFLUENCEto do something that will have extremely important effects in the future and that you cannot change 破釜沉舟；断然采取行动

Examples from the Corpus

cross the Rubicon• But tormented though I was with guilt and self-doubt, I knew I had crossed the Rubicon.• On the way to political union we are now crossing the Rubicon.• General Bourbollon's troops are gathering around the capital; he's prepared to cross the Rubicon.

→ cross the Rubicon at Rubicon(1)

单词	cross the Rubicon
释义	cross the Rubicon cross the Rubicon EFFECT/INFLUENCEto do something that will have extremely important effects in the future and that you cannot change 破釜沉舟；断然采取行动 Examples from the Corpus cross the Rubicon• But tormented though I was with guilt and self-doubt, I knew I had crossed the Rubicon.• On the way to political union we are now crossing the Rubicon.• General Bourbollon's troops are gathering around the capital; he's prepared to cross the Rubicon. → cross the Rubicon at Rubicon(1)
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