English-French translations for rubicon

• Rubicon
  Cependant, traverser ce Rubicon exige de la fermeté de la part des dirigeants, Monsieur Balkenende. However, crossing that Rubicon requires firm leadership, Mr Balkenende.
  Bien sûr, il y a encore beaucoup de ponts à traverser, mais j’estime que nous avons franchi aujourd’hui le Rubicon. Yes, there are still many bridges to cross, but today, in my opinion, we have crossed the Rubicon.
  La tâche principale doit encore être réalisée et, pour citer une phrase prononcée par un Américain il y a quelques semaines: "Nous n'avons pas franchi le Rubicon pour nous y asseoir et pêcher." The main job is still to be done and, to quote something said by an American a couple of weeks ago: 'We did not cross the Rubicon in order to sit there fishing'.

Definition of rubicon

• A limit#Noun|limit that when surpassed cannot be return#Verb|returned from, or an action that when take#Verb|taken cannot be reverse#Verb|reversed
• Especially in bezique and piquet: a score#Noun|score which, if not achieved by a losing player, increase#Verb|increases the player's penalty
• Especially in bezique and piquet: to defeat#Verb|defeat a player who has not achieved the #Noun|rubicon

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