2006-12-21 09:24:10 · 7 answers · asked by Chanel 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
It refers to people, places or situations that you've either made a decision or inadvertently closed relations with. You could "burn the bridge" with a friend and that would mean you're irretrievably ending the friendship.
2006-12-21 10:17:50 · answer #1 · answered by ••Mott•• 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's burning bridges and it means that once you "burn a bridge" there is no way to get back over it,or get back what you lost. If you do something like quit a job without notice or leave on a bad note that bridge is burned. You can never go back.
2006-12-21 17:36:29 · answer #2 · answered by chris99 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes...what these people have said is true but also like when you quit a job you want to end on good terms and not "burn any bridges" so you will have a good reference.
2006-12-21 17:33:02 · answer #3 · answered by somebody 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
burn one's bridges
Also, burn one's boats. Commit oneself to an irreversible course. For example, Denouncing one's boss in a written resignation means one has burned one's bridges, or Turning down one job before you have another amounts to burning your boats. Both versions of this idiom allude to ancient military tactics, when troops would cross a body of water and then burn the bridge or boats they had used both to prevent retreat and to foil a pursuing enemy. [Late 1800s]
2006-12-21 19:45:11 · answer #4 · answered by ????? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A connection you have to break..Like when you break up with your boyfriend..You may want to "burn that bridge" so he can never talk to you again..s
2006-12-21 17:28:13 · answer #5 · answered by Littlebit 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when someone "burns bridges" it means there is no turning back for a decision they have made.
2006-12-21 17:25:43 · answer #6 · answered by parental unit 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
an affiliation with somebody that you need to end.
2006-12-21 17:25:24 · answer #7 · answered by 120 IQ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋