to burn one's boats


to burn one's boats
Сжечь свои корабли. Выражение вошло в употребление в XIX в. Его автор, возможно, представлял себе древних завоевателей британских островов, которые сжигали свои корабли после того как высаживались на берег. Они не собирались возвращаться назад и готовы были либо победить либо умереть на новой земле. Метафорически to burn one's boats означает сделать шаг, после которого нет пути назад.

You will have to study French or physics and, once you have decided, there's no going back. You will have burnt your boats. — Тебе придётся изучать либо французский язык либо физику; когда ты определишься, пути назад уже не будет. Ты сожжёшь свои корабли.


English-Russian dictionary of expressions. 2014.

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

  • 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 — 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