cross the Rubicon

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make an irreversible decision or to take an action with consequences. idiomatic
    — He knew that by coming out to his family he would be crossing the Rubicon, but he could not live a lie anymore.

词形变化

crosses the Rubicon present,singular,third-person crossing the Rubicon participle,present crossed the Rubicon participle,past crossed the Rubicon past

词源

Refers to Julius Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon to wage civil war with Rome, on January 10, 49 BCE, in violation of law. Suetonius' use of the phrase the die is cast in describing this act popularized the use of that phrase, which was first attributed to the Greek dramatist Menander.
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