cross over Jordan—(also: cross over to the other side) die; pass away:
- Following a stroke which left her comatose, she crossed over Jordan on February 3, 1972, and is buried at Laurel Land Cemetery.
cross the Rubicon—take an irrevocable step; make a fateful and final decision:
- Now is the time for Koizumi to cross the Rubicon and take decisive action to implement the radical structural reforms.