Timeline for Is there an English idiom for when you must commit to a course of action even if it turns out to be the wrong one?
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| Jan 7, 2022 at 3:27 | comment | added | Tim | And burning your boats very explicitly brings up the history of the Conquistador Hernán Cortés burning his ships (or sinking them, at least) to motivate his men as they landed near Veracruz to fight the Aztecs and not mutiny. | |
| Jan 5, 2022 at 14:14 | comment | added | MissMonicaE | FWIW in American English, burning your bridges is different from burning your boats. It means destroying a relationship with a person or a group in a way that keeps you from going back, but it's generally not something you do deliberately, just an accident or a consequence you accept. E.g. you might say "I know I'll burn this bridge if I quit with no notice, but this job is so awful it's worth it." | |
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| Jan 3, 2022 at 18:52 | history | answered | user405662 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |