cross the Forth
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of cross the Tiber, by substitution of central Scotland's river Forth for Rome's river Tiber.
Verb
[edit]cross the Forth (third-person singular simple present crosses the Forth, present participle crossing the Forth, simple past and past participle crossed the Forth)
- (idiomatic) Alternative form of swim the Forth
Related terms
[edit]- cross the Bosphorus (“convert to Eastern Orthodoxy”)
- cross the Rhine (“convert to Lutheranism”)
- cross the Thames (“convert to Anglicanism”)
- cross the Tiber (“convert to Roman Catholicism”)