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【English Corner 快樂英語角Week 70】

單元3. Idioms of the Week(俗諺俚語)

To do something that cannot be easily undone or reversed.(123RF)
To do something that cannot be easily undone or reversed.(123RF)
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單元3. Idioms of the Week(俗諺俚語) Burn your boats

燒掉你的船?

英解:To do something that cannot be easily undone or reversed

解釋:破釜沉舟

◆例句:
I think you burned your boats when you said you were quitting.(當你說要辭職時,我想你已經沒有退路。)

用法:
意味著「下定決心、奮力一搏」。也可說 burn your bridges(燒毀橋)。◇