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The point of no return is the point beyond which someone, or some group of people, must continue on their current course of action, either because turning back is physically impossible, or because to do so would be prohibitively expensive or dangerous. It is also used when the distance or effort required to get back would be greater than the remainder of the journey or task as yet undertaken.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, as a technical term in air navigation to refer to the point on a flight at which, due to fuel consumption, a plane is no longer capable of returning to its airfield of origin. After passing the point of no return, the plane has no option but to continue to some other destination. In this sense, the phrase implies an irrevocable commitment.
In mountain aviation, the phrase is sometimes used in a completely different way to refer to the point at which the grade of the terrain "outclimbs" the aircraft—that is, the point at which a crash is inevitable, being a parallel in common usage. The phrase can also be used in this sense to denote inevitable disaster.
i guess i'm at the point of no return right now. can't go back cos the gap is too vast and there is no turning back. either you survive the point of no return and get to another point of no return or you leave and....
The equivalent expressions for point of no return in Chinese saying would be "Break the woks and sink the boats" 破釜沉舟
I guess this expression suits me more cos it’s more sunshine and there is nothing for me to loose and… we have to have the determination in order for us to be successful. that's why i like Chinese literature so much.
I suddenly think of the point of no return when I remember the phantom of the opera
I guess a lot of phantom is haunting me now. wish me luck to survive point of no return
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, as a technical term in air navigation to refer to the point on a flight at which, due to fuel consumption, a plane is no longer capable of returning to its airfield of origin. After passing the point of no return, the plane has no option but to continue to some other destination. In this sense, the phrase implies an irrevocable commitment.
In mountain aviation, the phrase is sometimes used in a completely different way to refer to the point at which the grade of the terrain "outclimbs" the aircraft—that is, the point at which a crash is inevitable, being a parallel in common usage. The phrase can also be used in this sense to denote inevitable disaster.
i guess i'm at the point of no return right now. can't go back cos the gap is too vast and there is no turning back. either you survive the point of no return and get to another point of no return or you leave and....
The equivalent expressions for point of no return in Chinese saying would be "Break the woks and sink the boats" 破釜沉舟
I guess this expression suits me more cos it’s more sunshine and there is nothing for me to loose and… we have to have the determination in order for us to be successful. that's why i like Chinese literature so much.
I suddenly think of the point of no return when I remember the phantom of the opera
I guess a lot of phantom is haunting me now. wish me luck to survive point of no return
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