cross the Bosphorus
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[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”)