burn your brigdes

04:41 Sep 27, 2017
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: burn your brigdes
Please, someone, give me the most accurate translation in Arabic for these Idioms in English.
1- Burn your bridges
2- cook someones' goose.
3- cook the books.
4- couch potato
5-Daft as a brush - dead from the neck up.
6- Davey Jones locker.
7- dirty dog.
8- dodge the bullet.
9- don't know whether to wind a watch or bark at the moon.
10- deep pockets
11- donkey work.
12- double dutch.
13- drink like a fish.
14- dutch wife
Izhar Haq
United Arab Emirates


Summary of answers provided
5 +1قَطَعَ الطّرِيقَ على كُلّ إمْكانِيّاتِ التّرَاجُع
mona elshazly
5 +1يقطع طريق التراجع - يحرق خط الرجعة
Morano El-Kholy
4 +1أحرق مراكبك القديمة
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
قَطَعَ الطّرِيقَ على كُلّ إمْكانِيّاتِ التّرَاجُع


Explanation:
قَطَعَ الطّرِيقَ على كُلّ إمْكانِيّاتِ التّرَاجُع


    Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/burn+bridges
mona elshazly
Egypt
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agree  Eman AlFaramawy
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يقطع طريق التراجع - يحرق خط الرجعة


Explanation:
Thanks to dear colleague: R Farhat.
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والله أعلم

Morano El-Kholy
Egypt
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agree  Eman AlFaramawy
8 hrs
  -> Many thanks. Greatly appreciated it.
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أحرق مراكبك القديمة


Explanation:
أحرق مراكبك القديمة

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2017-09-28 05:51:25 GMT)
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التعبير أحرق مراكبه يعني قطع أمل الرجوع
وهو مأخوذ من فعل طارق بن زياد عندما فتح الأندلس

TargamaT team
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Local time: 07:21
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agree  Moodi
1 day 5 hrs
  -> شكرًا جزيلا :-)
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