10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BURN ONE'S BOATS»
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
... ONE'S SONG BURDEN OF PROOF - BURN A HOLE IN ONE'S POCKET
BURN AWAY BURN DAYLIGHT BURN DOWN BURN ITSELF OUT - BURN LOW
BURN ME UP BURN MIDNIGHT OIL BURN ONE'S BOATS - BURN ONE'S
BRIDGES ...
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Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
To burn one's boats. To cut oneself off from all means or hope of retreat. The
allusion is to Julius Casar and other generals, who burned their boats or ships
when they invaded a foreign country, in order that their soldiers might feel that
they ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 2001
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... yet he burns cigarettes off friends Burn one's boats: To decide once for all *
When we decided to leave our village, we had burnt our boats Burn one's fingers:
To suffer due to one's mistake * He got his fingers badly burnt dabbling in the
stock ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
See also MONEY TO BURN under MONEY, burn one's boats or bridges colloq to
do something which makes it impossible for one to return to one's former situation
or way of life, etc; to destroy all chance of escape or retreat, burn one's fingers ...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
burn one's boats or bridges colloa to do something which makes it impossible for
one to return to one's former situation or way of life, etc; to destroy all chance of
escape or retreat. • burn the candle at both ends to exhaust oneself by trying to
do ...
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
brush aside burn one's boats/bridges brush aside 1. Iargoj, spostoj menjane □
The enemy column brushed aside our defence and advanced south. 2. shperfill
□ He brushed aside my objections to his plan. brush off heq, fshi me furfe □ /
can ...
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Concise English Dictionary
... burned up (US slang) angry, bum in to fix and render durable by intense heat:
to imprint indelibly, burn one's boats to cut oneself off from al! chance of retreat: to
stake everything on success; burn one's fingers, get one's fingers burnt to suffer ...
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Dictionary of St. Lucian Creole: Part 1: Kwéyòl - English, ...
... nou detwi tout séfei sek-Ia an jadenan; to burn one's boats, ou pa sa witounen
an vwayaj-ou; to burn the candle at both ends, twavai wed, izé tout eneji-ou; the
hot coffee will burn your mouth, kafé cho-a kai bwilé bouch-ou; fire burns, difé ka
...
Jones E. Mondesir, Lawrence D. Carrington, 1992
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NTC's Super-Mini English Idioms Dictionary
Bob is so rude, a real bull in a china shop. burn one's boats and burn one's
bridges (behind one) to go so far in a course of action that one cannot turn back;
to do something which makes it impossible to return to one's former position. I
don't ...
Richard Spears, Betty Kirkpatrick, 2000
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2000 Redewendungen Deutsch–Englisch
Brücken - alle Brücken hinter sich abbrechen to burn one's boats (coll), to burn
one's bridges (coll) We have no choice but to go on. We have burned our boats
behind us. Brüder - Gleiche Brüder, gleiche Kappen. (prov) Birds of a feather
flock ...
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