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pass the rubicon

/roo-bi-kon/US // ˈru bɪˌkɒn //UK // (ˈruːbɪkən) //

过关斩将,过关,闯过红灯

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a river in N Italy flowing E into the Adriatic. 15 miles long: in crossing this ancient boundary between Cisalpine Gaul and Italy, to march against Pompey in 49 b.c., Julius Caesar made a major military commitment.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incross the Rubicon
Synonyms
bite the bullet咬紧牙关,咬牙切齿,咬咬牙,咬牙坚持choose one's fatejump in with both feet用双脚跳进去,双脚跳入,用双脚跳入,双脚跳入水中leap into the breach跃进,跃马扬鞭,跃进式,跃跃欲试leave a crossroads离开十字路口,走出十字路口,走出交叉路口,离开十字路口的make one's moveprendre la balle au bond在债券上跳芭蕾舞,在债券上跳舞,在债券上跳芭蕾,在债券市场上跳舞take for better or worse甘拜下风,同甘共苦,同等条件下,同病相怜take the bull by the horns见招拆招,迎难而上,顶住压力,见风使舵take the plunge铤而走险,冒然行动,冒风险,冒然行事

Examples

  • In most cases, this situation would foretell a Rubicon-crossing nightmare.

  • Cruz said the companies “crossed the Rubicon” with their actions.

  • My partner, a fellow Iraq veteran and volunteer with the disaster response nonprofit Team Rubicon, chuckled in agreement.

  • For the military veteran volunteers of Team Rubicon, it was a challenge to meet and an opportunity to serve again.

  • Team Rubicon, a disaster relief group led by veterans, earned its stripes volunteering during Sandy.

  • And I personally am set to read Rubicon this weekend, so I hope you'll do the same.

  • David has previously reviewed Holland's In the Shadow of the Sword, Persian Fire, and Rubicon.

  • It will be too late for us to go back then, Susan; the die will be cast, the Rubicon crossed, another poor man undone forever.

  • Warren quickly vanished among the trees and bowlders, and the Rubicon was crossed.

  • Meanwhile, Duplay walked home, the happier for having crossed his Rubicon.

  • They had crossed the Rubicon, and felt that there was no return.

  • Suppose I believe, for example, "that Caesar crossed the Rubicon."

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