to commit yourself to a course of action without a way back
承诺采取行动而没有退路 (chengnuo caiqu xingdong er mei you tuilu)
"He burned his boats when he quit his job to start a business."
"当他辞去工作并开始创业时，他烧掉了自己的船。" (Dang ta ciqi gongzuo bing kaishi chuangye shi, ta **shaodiao le ziji de chuan**.)
stored or managed on remote servers via the internet
to take a short break from a situation
to waste money on something useless
to succeed in understanding something difficult or strange
in a difficult situation or near defeat
to improve by learning from past failures
