burn one's bridges

Etymology
Originally in military sense of intentionally cutting off one's own retreat (burning a bridge one has crossed) to commit oneself to a course of action, later used primarily to mean “alienate former friends”.

Verb

 * 1)  To destroy one's path, connections, reputation, opportunities, etc., particularly intentionally.

Translations

 * Arabic: حَرَقَ اَلسُّفُن, قَطَعَ اَلْجُسُور, قَطَعَ كُلّ عَلَاقَات
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: brænde alle broer,  bryde alle broer,  brænde alle broer bag sig,  bryde alle broer bag sig
 * Dutch: je schepen achter je verbranden
 * Finnish: polttaa siltansa
 * French: faire sauter les ponts,, ,
 * German:
 * Icelandic: brenna allar brýr að baki sér,  brjóta allar brýr að baki sér
 * Italian: bruciarsi i ponti alle spalle, il dado è tratto, passare il Rubicone
 * Japanese: 関係を絶つ, 縁を切る, 退路を断つ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: bryte alle broer, bryte alle bruer
 * Nynorsk: bryte alle bruer
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: queimar as pontes
 * Russian: сжигать все мосты, рва́ть все свя́зи
 * Spanish: quemar los puentes, quemar las naves
 * Swedish: bränna sina broar, riva alla broar, ,
 * Uzbek: muloqotni buzmoq