point de non-retour

point of no return

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point of no return Refers to a stage beyond which it is impossible or very difficult to go back.
FR: Nous avons atteint un point de non-retour.
EN: We have reached the point of no return.

Mais Laura avait déjà franchi un point de non-retour.

But Laura had already crossed a point of no return.

— L'Accusé (2017)

J'ai passé le point de non-retour, Beth.

I've passed the point of no return, Beth.

— Chute libre (1993)

Point de non-retour.

Point of no return.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Il fallait les ramener sur Terre, mais ils avaient passé le point de non-retour.

They had to be brought back down to Earth, but they had passed the point of no return.

— Chute libre (1993)