burn one’s bridges - to eliminate all possibilities of retreat
- make one’s decision irrevocable
“On my last day at my old job, I told my boss what I really think about the company. I guess I burned my bridges.”
The expression is derived from the idea of burning down a bridge after crossing it during a military campaign, leaving no option but to win, and motivating those who otherwise might want to retreat.
Well, I think it has the same meaning with “point of no return” because after you burned the bridge, well literally you cannot go back.
If you’re having second thoughts about something, you’re having doubts about a decision you’ve made.
* Kayle is having a second thoughts about the project.
* I’ve been having second thoughts about quitting my job. Maybe I should keep it for a while longer.
Quick Quiz:
Sid and Nancy were going to get married, and then Nancy had second thoughts so
a. they decided to wait
b. they’re getting married sooner
c. they’re getting a divorce
So it’s Teacher’s Day, but if what the little bird’s saying isn’t true then go and tell it to the Marines.
‘Tell it to the Marines’ is an idiom, originally with reference to Britain’s Royal Marines, connoting that the person addressed is not to be believed (“tell it to the marines because the sailors won’t believe you”).
It is said to have originated with King Charles II of Great Britain making the remark to Samuel Pepys in which the King is allegedly reported to have made the remark about the Marines, however that tale was believed to have been a hoax by William Price Drury, a novelist who was a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Marine Light Infantry. The phrase was related in a preface of a 1904 collection of Drury’s stories The Tadpole of the Archangel. Drury admitted it was a fabrication.
The earliest reference found in John Davis’s The Post Captain, or the Wooden Walls Well Manned Comprehending a View of Naval Society and Manners published in 1804. “He may tell that to the marines, but the sailors will not believe him”
source: Wikipedia
The Filipino version of this idiom is kuwentong kutsero.
Idiom of the day: Things are looking up. - You can say “things are looking up” if things are improving.
example - Things are looking up now that I am here.
Idiom of the day: jog your memory - If something jogs your memory, it helps you to remember something.
example: The song really jogged my memory and I could clearly picture the scene thirty years ago when kua ** and I first heard it.
Idiom of the day: jog your memory - If something jogs your memory, it helps you to remember something.
example: The song really jogged my memory and I could clearly picture the scene thirty years ago when kua ** and I first heard it.
Thirty years ago? If you don’t mind, how old are you? Just wondering.
Idiom of the day: jog your memory - If something jogs your memory, it helps you to remember something.
example: The song really jogged my memory and I could clearly picture the scene thirty years ago when kua ** and I first heard it.
HAR HAR HAR You’re memory in this case would exericise! HAK HAK HAK!
