die is cast

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die is cast

Prov. A process is past the point of no return. (The die is one of a pair of dice. The cast means thrown. This phrase [in Latin] was said by Julius Caesar when he crossed the Rubicon with his legions, starting a civil war.) After that speech favoring reform of the education system, the die is cast. This is now a campaign issue. The die is cast. There is no turning back on this point.

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Whether we have acted rightly or wrongly is another question, but the die is cast," he said, passing from Russian to French, "and we are bound together for life. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Well, then, Ida, the die is cast, and we will call upon Mrs. Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context			dictate to did did everything he could 'cept eat us diddle diddle out of diddle with diddly-squat didn't didn't care a whit didn't care too hard didn't exchange more than three words with didn't invent gunpowder die die a death die a natural death die away die back die behind the wheel die by die by own hand die down die for die hard die in die in boots die is cast die laughing die of die of a broken heart die of boredom die of curiosity die of throat trouble die off die on die out die with boots on differ differ about differ from differ in difference difference of opinion different different as night and day different strokes Different strokes for different folks differentiate differentiate between differentiate from difficult difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer			Die Gelben Seiten Die Grünen die hard die hard die hard die hard die hard die hard Die hard (disambiguation) Die Hard (film) Die Hard Gamers Die Hard Mafia Die Hard Nakatomi Plaza Die Hard Productions Die Hard with a Vengeance Die Herren Vom Schwarzen Stein Die Hobby Zocker Die Hoffnung Die Hoffnung die holder Die Horden Des Unterreichs die horribly Die in Die in A Car Fire Die in A Fire Die in A Grease Fire die in boots Die in Place Die in Real Life die insert die is cast Die Jungen Die Kacke Kommt Immer Spontan Die KarstadtQuelle Versicherungen Die Kelders Cave 1 Die Kinder Vom Bahnhof Soho Die Kleinste Lanparty Frankens Die Kreuzritter Allianz Die Krieger Der Unendlichen Finsternis Die Krieger Des Lichts die laughing die like flies die like flies die like flies die like flies die line die lines die lubricant die match Die Neue Sachlichkeit Die Nibelungenlied Die Nibelungenlied Die Nicht Mehr Wollten die nipple die of die of a broken heart die of boredom die of curiosity

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