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Crossing the Rubicon

Author: John T Jones, Ph.D.

D i d y o u e v e r w o n d e r w h e r e a c o m m o n p h r a s e c a m e f r o m ? C r o s s i n g t h e R u b i c o n i s s u c h a p h r a s e . T h i s i s w h a t i t m e a n s t o d a y : Y o u h a v e t a k e n a s t e p t o o f a r . Y o u a r e a t g r e a t r i s k a n d y o u c a n t g o b a c k . U n d e r a n c i e n t R o m a n l a w i t w a s f o r b i d d e n f o r a n y g e n e r a l t o c r o s s t h e R u b i c o n R i v e r a n d e n t e r I t a l y p r o p e r w i t h a s t a n d i n g a r m y . T h a t w a s t r e a s o n . T h e R u b i c o n w a s n t m u c h o f a r i v e r . I t w a s a s m a l l s t r e a m b u t t o c r o s s o v e r w i t h a n a r m y w a s a d a n g e r o u s s t e p . I m m e d i a t e c i v i l w a r w a s t h e r e s u l t . I n J a n u a r y 4 9 B C , C a e s a r c r o s s e d t h e t i n y s t r e a m . T h i s i s w h a t h e s a i d , L e t u s g o w h e r e t h e o m e n s o f t h e G o d s a n d t h e c r i m e s o f o u r e n e m i e s s u m m o n u s ! T H E D I E I S N O W C A S T ! S e e : h t t p : / / w w w . e y e w i t n e s s t o h i s t o r y . c o m / c a e s a r . h t m D o y o u w a n t t o k n o w m o r e a b o u t t h e o r i g i n o f p h r a s e s ? T h e n g o t o : h t t p : / / w w w . p h r a s e s . o r g . u k / m e a n i n g s / i n d e x . h t m l H e r e a r e a f e w c o m m o n p h r a s e s . D o y o u k n o w w h a t t h e y m e a n ? A b e e i n y o u r b o n n e t A b l a s t f r o m t h e p a s t A d e a d r i n g e r B a p t i s m o f f i r e B a r k i n g u p t h e w r o n g t r e e B a t e d b r e a t h C h e w t h e c u d D o n k e y ' s y e a r s E x c u s e m y F r e n c h G o a n d b o i l y o u r h e a d G o t o h e l l i n a h a n d b a s k e t H e l l h a s n o f u r y l i k e a w o m a n s c o r n e d I n a q u a n d a r y J u s t d e s e r t s K i t a n d c a b o o d l e L e t t h e c a t o u t o f t h e b a g T h e r e a l M c C o y N o m a n i s a n i s l a n d O l d l a n g s y n e P a d d l e y o u r o w n c a n o e P e t e r o u t Q u i d p r o q u o ( t i t f o r t a t ) R e a d t h e r i o t a c t S h a k e a l e g T h e b a l l i s i n y o u r c o u r t U p a b l i n d a l l e y W a l k t h e p l a n k Y o u r n a m e i s m u d ( M u d d ) Y o u k n o w m o s t o f t h e s e p h r a s e s , r i g h t ? T o f i n d t h e m e a n i n g o r o r i g i n s o f t h e s e a n d o t h e r p h r a s e s , g o t o : h t t p : / / w w w . p h r a s e s . o r g . u k / m e a n i n g s / 4 2 4 0 0 0 . h t m l . C l i c k o n t h e l e t t e r i n t h e a l p h a b e t i n d e x a n d s c r o l l d o w n t o t h e p h r a s e . H a v e f u n !

Author Bio:

John T Jones, Ph.D.

Jones was a vice president of a Fortune 500 company subsidiary having the major responsibility for research and development and certain engineering functions. After he retired, he became editor of an international trade magazine. Jones is Executive Representative of IWS, sellers of Tyler Hicks wealth-success books and kits. He is a direct mail and mail order marketer and operates a dozen websites.

He has written three technical books, four novels (Bull, Revenge on the Mogollon Rim, Bone China, and In No Way Guilty), and many published papers on business, marketing, engineering and other topics. Details on many of these topics can be found at his personal web site.

Jones is a hack poet and amateur landscape painter. He lives in Idaho with his wife of 52 years. He has five children, three in medicine, a lawyer, and a portrait artist. The Jones’ have thirty-two talented grandchildren (many with special musical talent and skills), and one great grand child.

Jones is a prolific writer which started when he was an engineering professor at Iowa State University (Go Cyclones!). He doesn’t know how to stop.

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