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burn your boats

burn your boats (burn your boats)

Idiom Courage

Signification

to commit yourself to a course of action without a way back

se consacrer à une action sans possibilité de retour (se consacrer a une action sans possibilite de retour)

Phrases d'exemple

"He burned his boats when he quit his job to start a business."

"Il a brûlé ses bateaux lorsqu'il a quitté son emploi pour démarrer une entreprise." (Il a brule ses bateaux lorsqu'il a quitte son emploi pour demarrer une entreprise.)

Expressions Connexes

one in a million

very special or rare

as wise as an owl

very wise or knowledgeable

slow as a snail

very slow or lazy in movement or action

strike a balance

to find a satisfactory compromise between two things

back into

to move backwards into something unintentionally

The Scarlet Letter

A symbol of shame or social stigma.