English-French translations for cross the rubicon

• franchir le Rubicon
  Je peux dire, au nom de mon groupe, que nous sommes unis et décidés à franchir le Rubicon avec vous pour une Europe unie, si nous le faisons tous avec sérieux et avec un engagement pour l' avenir. On behalf of my group, I can say that we are united and determined to cross the Rubicon with you, if we do so seriously and with a view to the future, for the sake of a united Europe.
• passer le Rubicon

Definition of cross the rubicon

• To make an irreversible decision or to take an action with consequences

Examples

• He knew that by coming out to his family he would be crossing the Rubicon but he could not live a lie anymore

Related words

• cross the line
• across the pond
• across the board
• crossing the floor
• across the whole of Germany
• across (the whole of) Switzerland
• dot the i's and cross the t's
• shot across the bow
• slung across the shoulder