cross the Bosphorus
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Variant of cross the Tiber, by substitution of Istanbul's river Bosphorus for Rome's river Tiber.
Verb[edit]
cross the Bosphorus (third-person singular simple present crosses the Bosphorus, present participle crossing the Bosphorus, simple past and past participle crossed the Bosphorus)
- (idiomatic) Alternative form of swim the Bosphorus
Related terms[edit]
- cross the Forth (“convert to Presbyterianism”)
- cross the Rhine (“convert to Lutheranism”)
- cross the Thames (“convert to Anglicanism”)
- cross the Tiber (“convert to Roman Catholicism”)