| 单词 | rubicon die |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRubicon die Rubicon die n. [alluding to Caesar's words upon crossing the Rubicon iacta alea est ‘the die is cast’ (Suetonius Julius 33; the expression is commonly cited as alea iacta est)] Obsolete rare (in figurative use) a die which, when cast, will determine whether or not a decisive course of action will be undertaken. ΚΠ a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) x. 126 [He] rather thought good to venture upon the cast of a Rubicon Dy. < as lemmas |
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