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Handling affairs

Destroy one's paths, connections or opportunities

language	type	saying	literal meaning
Arabic	idiom	حرق السفن	burning the ship
Arabic	idiom	قطع الجسور	cutting the bridge
Chinese	idiom	過河拆橋	cross the river, tear down the bridge
Chinese	idiom	破釜沉舟	smash the cooking pots and sink the boats
Dutch	idiom	je schepen achter je verbranden	burning your ships behind you
Danish	idiom	brænde alle broer	break all bridges
Danish	idiom	bryde alle broer	burn all bridges
English	idiom	burning one's bridges
French	idiom	brûler les ponts	burn the bridges
French	idiom	brûler ses vaisseaux	burn his ships
French	idiom	faire sauter les ponts	blow up the bridges
German	idiom	alle Brücken hinter sich abbrechen	burning all bridges behind oneself
Icelandic	idiom	brenna allar brýr að baki sér	burn all bridges behind oneself
Icelandic	idiom	brjóta allar brýr að baki sér	break all bridges behind oneself
Italian	idiom	bruciarsi i ponti alle spalle	burn the bridges behind
Norwegian Bokmål	idiom	bryte alle broer	burn all bridges
Norwegian Nynorsk	idiom	bryte alle bruer	burn all bridges
Polish	idiom	palić za sobą mosty	burn the bridges behind
Portuguese	idiom	queimar as pontes	burn the bridges
Russian	idiom	сжигать все мосты	burn the bridges
Spanish	idiom	quemar los puentes	burn the bridges
Spanish	idiom	quemar las naves	burn the ships
Swedish	idiom	bränna sina broar	burn the bridges
Swedish	idiom	bränna sina skepp	burn their ships

Irreversible actions have been taken; the future is determined

language	type	saying	literal meaning
Arabic	idiom	سبق السيف العذل‎	the sword preceded the humiliation
Bulgarian	idiom	зарът е хвърлен	the dice have been thrown
Catalan	idiom	el dau ha estat tirat	the die has been rolled
Chinese	idiom	木已成舟	the wood has already been made into a boat
Croatian	idiom	kostky byly vrženy	the dice were rolled
Danish	idiom	terningen er kastet	the die is thrown
Dutch	idiom	de geest is uit de fles	genie is out of the bottle
English	idiom	the die is cast
English	idiom	genie is out of the bottle
Esperanto	idiom	la ĵetkubo estas ĵetita	the die is thrown
Estonian	idiom	liisk on langenud	the die is fallen
Finnish	idiom	arpa on heitetty	the die is thrown
French	idiom	le sort en est jeté	the fate is thrown
French	idiom	les dés sont jetés	the dice are thrown
French	idiom	les jeux sont faits	the games are made
Galician	idiom	a sorte está botada	the fate is thrown
Georgian	idiom	კამათელი გაგორებულია	the dice are rolled
German	idoim	die Würfel sind gefallen	the dice are fallen
Hungarian	idiom	a kocka el van vetve	the die has been cast away
Icelandic	idiom	teningnum er kastað teningunum er kastað	the die is thrown the dice are thrown
Italian	idiom	il dado è tratto	the die is thrown
Japanese	idiom	賽は投げられた	the dice have been thrown
Korean	idiom	주사위는 던져졌다	the dice have been thrown
Latin	idiom	ālea iacta est	the die is cast
Macedonian	idiom	коцката е фрлена	the die is thrown
Modern Greek	idiom	ο κύβος ερρίφθη	the die is thrown
Northern Kurdish	idiom	tîr ji kevan pekiya	the arrow has left the bow
Norwegian Bokmål	idiom	terningen er kastet	the die is thrown
Norwegian Nynorsk	idiom	terningen er kasta	the die is thrown
Persian	idiom	تاس‌ها پرتاب شده‌اند‎	the dice have been thrown
Polish	idiom	kości zostały rzucone	the dice have been thrown
Portuguese	idiom	a sorte está lançada	the fate is cast
Portuguese	idiom	os dados estão lançados	the dice are thrown
Romanian	idiom	zarul este aruncat	the die is rolled
Russian	idiom	жребий брошен	the fate is thrown
Scottish Gaelic	idiom	dè a bhios ann, tachraidh e	what will happen will happen
Serbian	idiom	ко̏цка је бачена	the dice is thrown
Slovak	idiom	kocky sú hodené	the dice are rolled
Slovenian	idiom	kọ̑cka je padla	the die is thrown
Spanish	idiom	la suerte está echada	the fortune is thrown
Swedish	idiom	tärningen är kastad	the dice are thrown
Turkish	idiom	zar atıldı	dice rolled
Ukrainian	idiom	гральну кістку кинуто	the die is thrown
Ukrainian	idiom	жереб кинуто	the fortune is thrown

Weather

Heavy rain

language	type	saying	literal meaning
Azerbaijani	idiom	tut ucundan, göyə çıx	grab the ends, go to sky
Catalan	idiom	ploure a bots i barrals	rain bota bags and barrels
Czech	idiom	lít jako z konve	pour from a water can
Dutch	idiom	pijpenstelen regenen	rain pipe handles
English	idiom	rain buckets
English	idiom	rain cats and dogs
Finnish	idiom	sataa äkäisiä ämmiä äkeet selässä	rain angry hags with harrows on their back
Finnish	idiom	sataa kuin saavista kaataen	rain as if by pouring from a tub
French	idiom	pleuvoir des cordes	rain ropes
French	idiom	pleuvoir des hallebardes	rain halberds
French	idiom	pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse	rain like a cow pissing on a flat rock
German	idiom	Bindfäden regnen	rain threads
German	idiom	wie aus Eimern schütten	like pouring out of buckets
Hungarian	idiom	zuhog, mintha dézsából öntenék	pour from a tub
Icelandic	idiom	rigna eldi og brennisteini	rain fire and brimstone
Italian	idiom	lać jak z cebra	pour like from a bucket
Italian	idiom	piovere a catinelle	rain buckets
Italian	idiom	piovere come Dio la manda	rain as God sends it
Japanese	idiom	土砂降りになる	become dropping dirt and sand
Mandarin Chinese	idiom	傾盆大雨	pour from a basin
Modern Greek	idiom	βρέχει με το τουλούμι	rain with the goatskin
Modern Greek	idiom	ρίχνει καντάρια	pour kantars
Norwegian Bokmål	idiom	regne sinte kjerringer	rain mad hags
Portuguese	idiom	chover a cântaros	rain buckets
Portuguese	idiom	chover a potes	rain pots
Portuguese	idiom	chover canivete	rain pocketknives
Portuguese	idiom	o céu vir abaixo	the sky comes down
Romanian	idiom	ploua cu găleata	rain with the bucket
Russian	idiom	лить как из ведра́	pour like from a bucket
Spanish	idiom	llover a cántaros	rain jugs
Spanish	idiom	llover a mares	rain seas
Swedish	idiom	stå som spön i backen	stand like rods in the ground
Welsh	idiom	bwrw hen wragedd â ffyn	[beating/raining] old women with sticks
Yue Chinese	idiom	落狗屎	pouring dog poop

Soaked people

language	type	saying	literal meaning
English	idiom	like a drowned rat
Chinese	idiom	落湯雞	chicken in the soup