OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 40226

burn one's bridges

Meanings (ES + gloss)
quemar las naves • quemar los puentes
To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc., particularly intentionally.
Even if you are dismissed from a job in the worst way, take care not to burn your bridges with unseemly comments on the way out, since you never know who you will meet again.
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