cross the Thames
English
Etymology
Variant of cross the Tiber, by substitution of London’s river Thames for Rome’s river Tiber.
Verb
cross the Thames (third-person singular simple present crosses the Thames, present participle crossing the Thames, simple past and past participle crossed the Thames)
- (idiomatic) Alternative form of swim the Thames
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cross, the, Thames.
Related terms
- cross the Bosphorus (“convert to Eastern Orthodoxy”)
- cross the Forth (“convert to Presbyterianism”)
- cross the Rhine (“convert to Lutheranism”)
- cross the Tiber (“convert to Roman Catholicism”)
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