“The die is cast”in other languages
The decision is made and can't be undone.
English
Dutch
French
EnglishDutchFrenchSame idea, different pictures
All three quote Julius Caesar. Crossing the Rubicon with his army in 49 BC, he started a civil war, and the historian Suetonius gives his words as alea iacta est. French uses the Latin itself; Dutch and English translate it: de teerling is geworpen.
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