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the_die_is_cast

the die is cast

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the die is cast

  1. (idiomatic) The future is determined; there are no more options; events will proceed in an irreversible manner; the point of no return has been passed.

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  1. Suetonius, Vīta Dīvī Iūlī (The Life of the deified Julius), 121 CE, par. 33 (Caesar [] “Iacta ālea est”, inquit.Caesar said [] “The die is cast”.)
  2. Plutarch, Life of Pompey, 60.2.9. See also Plutarch's Life of Caesar, 32.8.4, and Sayings of Kings and Emperors, 206 c.