- Arabic: حَرَقَ اَلسُّفُن (ḥaraqa s-sufun), قَطَعَ اَلْجُسُور (qaṭaʿa l-jusūr), قَطَعَ كُلّ عَلَاقَات (qaṭaʿa kull ʿalāqāt)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 過河拆橋 (zh), 过河拆桥 (zh) (guò hé chāi qiáo) (cross the river, tear down the bridge), 破釜沉舟 (zh) (pòfǔchénzhōu) (smash the (cooking) pots and sink the boats)
- Danish: (to burn all bridges) brænde alle broer, (to break all bridges) bryde alle broer, (to burn all bridges behind oneself) brænde alle broer bag sig, (to break all bridges behind oneself) bryde alle broer bag sig
- Finnish: polttaa siltansa
- French: faire sauter les ponts, couper les ponts (fr), brûler les ponts
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- German: alle Brücken (hinter sich) abbrechen
- Icelandic: (burn all bridges behind oneself) brenna allar brýr að baki sér, (break all bridges behind oneself) brjóta allar brýr að baki sér
- Japanese: 関係を絶つ (かんけいをたつ, kankei o tatsu), 縁を切る (えんをきる, en o kiru), 退路を断つ (たいろをたつ, tairo o tatsu), 背水の陣 (ja) (はいすいのじん, haisui no jin)
- Polish: palić za sobą mosty (pl)
- Portuguese: queimar as pontes
- Russian: сжига́ть (за собо́й) все мосты́ impf (sžigátʹ (za sobój) vse mostý), рва́ть все свя́зи (rvátʹ vse svjázi)
- Spanish: quemar los puentes, quemar las naves
- Swedish: bränna sina broar
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