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cross the Rubicon

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przekroczyć Rubikon

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cross the Rubicon

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Dialogues in context

EN · C2

A Decision

  1. A

    Did you sign for the premises?

    Podpisałaś umowę na lokal?

  2. B

    Yes, I've crossed the Rubicon. I'm opening a studio.

    Tak, przekroczyłam Rubikon. Otwieram pracownię.

  3. A

    When do you get the keys?

    Kiedy dostaniesz klucze?

  4. B

    On Monday.

    W poniedziałek.

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Translations

Polishprzekroczyć RubikonidiomNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Germanden Rubikon überschreitenidiomNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Spanishcruzar el RubicónidiomNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.
Russianперейти РубиконidiomNo voice for this language is installed. Speech practice is still available.

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Polish

Publicznie rezygnując, przekroczyła Rubikon.

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English

By resigning publicly, she crossed the Rubicon.

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German

Mit ihrem öffentlichen Rücktritt überschritt sie den Rubikon.

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Spanish

Al dimitir públicamente, cruzó el Rubicón.

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Russian

Публично подав в отставку, она перешла Рубикон.

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Grammar

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cross the Rubicon
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Example

By resigning publicly, she crossed the Rubicon.

hoist with your own petard

paść ofiarą własnej intrygi

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a Pyrrhic victory

pyrrusowe zwycięstwo

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tilt at windmills

walczyć z wiatrakami

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a sacred cow

nietykalna zasada

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a wolf in sheep's clothing

wilk w owczej skórze

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a Trojan horse

koń trojański

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Let us not cross the Rubicon through a careless statement; if this declaration closes the way back to our previous arrangements, it should be a deliberate decision.

Nie przekraczajmy Rubikonu przypadkowym komunikatem; jeśli ta deklaracja zamyka drogę do dotychczasowych ustaleń, powinna być świadomą decyzją.

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He was made the scapegoat, even though the decision he was blamed for had been taken without his involvement.

Wybrano go na kozła ofiarnego, choć decyzja, za którą go obwiniano, zapadła bez jego udziału.

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The victory proved Pyrrhic: we achieved our goal but lost the colleagues we needed for the work ahead.

To zwycięstwo okazało się pyrrusowe: osiągnęliśmy cel, ale utraciliśmy współpracowników potrzebnych do dalszych działań.

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Let us not cut this Gordian knot with a decision that simplifies matters by ignoring important commitments.

Nie rozcinajmy tego węzła gordyjskiego decyzją, która uprości sytuację kosztem pominięcia istotnych zobowiązań.

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That seemingly minor remark triggered an avalanche of objections the participants had not voiced before.

Ta drobna z pozoru uwaga uruchomiła lawinę zastrzeżeń, których rozmówcy wcześniej nie zgłaszali.

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Trying to please both sides left him between a rock and a hard place, with no solution acceptable to either.

Próba przypodobania się obu stronom pozostawiła go między młotem a kowadłem, bez rozwiązania akceptowalnego dla którejkolwiek.

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