burn one's boats

burn one's boats
(burn one's boats (или bridges) (behind one))
сжечь свои корабли, отрезать себе путь к отступлению, лишить себя возможности возврата к прежнему [римские полководцы иногда сжигали свои корабли, высадив войска на вражеской территории, что отрезало им путь к отступлению; им оставалось одержать победу или погибнуть]

...he asked her to burn her boats behind her and bolt with him to Paris (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘A Casual Affair’) — ...он писал леди Кастеллан, что ей надо сжечь свои корабли и бежать с ним в Париж.

‘I don't want to burn all my bridges behind me,’ he told himself. ‘I've got to have at least one friend among the solid men here in town.’ (Sh. Anderson, ‘Poor White’, ch. X) — - Я не хочу сжигать за собой все мосты, - сказал он себе. - Должен же у меня остаться хоть один друг среди солидных людей, живущих в этом городе.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • burn\ one's\ boats — • burn one s bridges • burn one s boats v. phr. To make a decision that you cannot change; remove or destroy all the ways you can get back out of a place you have got into on purpose; leave yourself no way to escape a position. Bob was a good… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • burn one's boats — ► burn one s boats (or bridges) do something which makes turning back impossible. Main Entry: ↑burn …   English terms dictionary

  • burn one's boats — phrasal see burn one s bridges * * * burn one s boats ● burn …   Useful english dictionary

  • burn one's boats (or bridges) — do something which makes turning back impossible. → burn …   English new terms dictionary

  • burn one's boats — phrasal see burn one s bridges …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • burn one's boats — eliminate any possibility of retreat to a former position, burn one s bridges …   English contemporary dictionary

  • burn\ one's\ bridges — • burn one s bridges • burn one s boats v. phr. To make a decision that you cannot change; remove or destroy all the ways you can get back out of a place you have got into on purpose; leave yourself no way to escape a position. Bob was a good… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • burn one's bridges — ► burn one s boats (or bridges) do something which makes turning back impossible. Main Entry: ↑burn …   English terms dictionary

  • burn one's bridges — also[burn one s boats] {v. phr.} To make a decision that you cannot change; remove or destroy all the ways you can get back out of a place you have got into on purpose; leave yourself no way to escape a position. * /Bob was a good wrestler but a… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • burn one's bridges — also[burn one s boats] {v. phr.} To make a decision that you cannot change; remove or destroy all the ways you can get back out of a place you have got into on purpose; leave yourself no way to escape a position. * /Bob was a good wrestler but a… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • burn one's bridges — phrasal also burn one s boats : to cut off all means of retreat * * * I see burn I II do something that makes it impossible to return to an earlier state …   Useful english dictionary


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