kettle; cauldron

cauldron

pressure chamber; pressurized cauldron

lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat; to burn one's boats

to take drastic measures to deal with a situation; to pull the carpet from under sb

a fish at the bottom of the pot (idiom); in a desperate situation

lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)