cross the Rhine

English

Alternative forms

• swim the Rhine

Etymology

Variant of cross the Tiber, by substitution of Germany's river Rhine for Rome's river Tiber.

Verb

cross the Rhine (third-person singular simple present crosses the Rhine, present participle crossing the Rhine, simple past and past participle crossed the Rhine)

1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of swim the Rhine

Related terms

• cross the Bosphorus (“convert to Eastern Orthodoxy”)
• cross the Forth (“convert to Presbyterianism”)
• cross the Thames (“convert to Anglicanism”)
• cross the Tiber (“convert to Roman Catholicism”)