houseboy wrote:Cross the Rubicon refers to the Greek myth that when you die you cross the river Rubicon into the underworld, a place of no return. Thus meaning 'no going back'.
Sorry just googled it to check my facts......
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Julius Caesar's crossing the Rubicon was an event in 49 BC that precipitated the Roman Civil War, which ultimately led to Caesar's becoming dictator for life and the rise of the imperial era of Rome. ... The phrase "crossing the Rubicon" is today often used as an idiom to mean passing a point of no return.
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Cross the Rubicon - Idioms by The Free Dictionary
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cross the Rubicon. ... For example, Once he submitted his resignation, he had crossed the Rubicon. This phrase alludes to Julius Caesar's crossing the Rubicon River (between Italy and Gaul) in 49 b.c., thereby starting a war against Pompey and the Roman Senate.
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