- Burn your bridges
- If you burn your bridges, you do something that makes it impossible to go back from the position you have taken.
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Burn your bridges
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burn your bridges — burn your boats/bridges phrase to do something that makes it impossible for you to return to the situation you were in before Be polite – you don’t want to burn your bridges with her. Thesaurus: to stop something from continuing or… … Useful english dictionary
burn your bridges — If you burn your bridges, you do something that makes it impossible to go back from the position you have taken … The small dictionary of idiomes
burn your bridges — burn (your) bridges to permanently and unpleasantly end your relationship with a person or organization. Welles had burned his bridges so badly with the movie studios that they laughed when you mentioned his name. Etymology: based on the military … New idioms dictionary
burn your bridges — If you burn your bridges, you do something that makes it impossible to go back from the position you have taken. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you burn your bridges, you do something that will be impossible to rectify in the… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
burn your bridges — resign without notice, leave no way to return He can t return to the company. He s burned his bridges … English idioms
Songs to Burn Your Bridges By — Infobox Album | Name = Songs to Burn Your Bridges By Type = Album Artist = Project 86 Released = November 2003 June 1, 2004 Recorded = Genre = Alternative rock Post hardcore Christian rock Length = 40:09 (2003) 50:42 (2004) Label = Team Black… … Wikipedia
burn your boats — burn your boats/bridges phrase to do something that makes it impossible for you to return to the situation you were in before Be polite – you don’t want to burn your bridges with her. Thesaurus: to stop something from continuing or… … Useful english dictionary
burn your boats — burn (your) boats British & Australian, British, American & Australian to do something that makes it impossible for you to change your plans and go back to the situation you were in before. She didn t want to burn her boats by asking for a… … New idioms dictionary
burn bridges — burn (your) bridges to permanently and unpleasantly end your relationship with a person or organization. Welles had burned his bridges so badly with the movie studios that they laughed when you mentioned his name. Etymology: based on the military … New idioms dictionary
burn — burn1 W3S2 [bə:n US bə:rn] v past tense and past participle burnt [bə:nt US bə:rnt] or burned ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(produce flames and heat)¦ 2¦(destroy something with fire)¦ 3¦(injure/kill somebody with fire)¦ 4¦(sun)¦ 5¦(food)¦ 6¦(chemicals)¦ 7¦(fuel)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
