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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路
+ z: S$ |' R1 v' ?; N6 |释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs
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* u& `3 y/ s# L/ U) h+ f例句:If we can't sell the house——well, we'll cross that bridge when we 0 F4 j# ?4 g' g9 i" q/ P
come to it.
& w$ c- C$ A, N- F# Q% K 我们要是卖不掉这房子,那我们就等问题出现时再解决也不迟。
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典故:这个短语起源甚早,即使连《牛津英语谚语词典》也无法列出其起源,只
. k; A, I1 a4 W3 q3 j$ H+ A 引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:
4 k2 B" m, w9 I" Z, B2 L& I- J Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of ; T! H9 k6 s* _$ N" D( e0 N
excellent wit.
" B, ^! g% [ [, ~6 l Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......是个充满智慧的古老的谚
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