1 lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat

2 to burn one's boats

1 Busan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[Qìng shàng nán dào], South Korea

1 Busan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道[Qìng shàng nán dào], South Korea

1 to take drastic measures to deal with a situation

2 to pull the carpet from under sb

1 lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat

2 to burn one's boats

1 out of the frying pan into the fire (idiom)

1 a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom)

2 in a desperate situation

1 lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells

2 good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)