cross the Rubicon

The first had been just before he crossed the Rubicon.

On the way to political union we are now crossing the Rubicon.

It's no longer crossing the Rubicon, or even the street.

For have they not already crossed the Rubicon in their own minds?

It afforded me no pleasure or sense of power to cross the Rubicon.

They were still young in 1984, or at least they had not crossed the Rubicon of 40.

It was time to cross the Rubicon... and hope for the best.

"You'd think you were crossing the Rubicon instead of facing one middle-aged man across the dinner table."

"They've finally crossed the Rubicon," said one senior American official.

Yes, there are still many bridges to cross, but today, in my opinion, we have crossed the Rubicon.

Burgess sighed, well aware that she might be about to cross the Rubicon.

Bill Clinton's strategy was to cross the Rubicon by filling in most of the river.

"Crossing the Rubicon" is a metaphor for deliberately proceeding past a point of no return.

"Shouldn't you have asked that before you crossed the Rubicon, so to speak?"

Some statesmen are remembered for having crossed the Rubicon.

"I have crossed the Rubicon on that issue."

Caesar had crossed the Rubicon River in the year before, starting a civil war.

He was present while Caesar deliberated whether to cross the Rubicon and start the war.

But now you have crossed the Rubicon.

Julius Caesar before he crossed the Rubicon - the die is cast.

I was about to cross the Rubicon.

To this day the term "crossing the Rubicon" means, figuratively, "reaching the point of no return".

But in the last few years, he added, "Kodak has crossed the Rubicon and gotten past denial."

The band recently released its third album, Crossing The Rubicon.

Sharon said, "So you've decided to cross the Rubicon, eh?"