burn the bridge after crossing it

burn the bridge after crossing it

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Gu ò Qi á och ā IQI á o, which means to kick away those who have helped you after you have achieved your goal. It's from officialdom.

Idiom explanation

After the metaphor reaches its goal, it kicks away the person who has helped itself. It's the same as "tearing down bridges across rivers.".

Idioms and allusions

Source: Chapter 17 of officialdom: but nowadays, people are always tearing down bridges. They don't recognize people when they turn around. When you have something to ask him, he jumps on the shelf again. "

Discrimination of words

It is used as predicate, object and clause