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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路
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例句:If we can't sell the house——well, we'll cross that bridge when we
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9 ?6 O F1 A+ q" Q4 a4 y- l 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
0 [ ~4 t( O; l' x, v8 b3 J 引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:7 g# M3 B( Q# R0 O
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of
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Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......是个充满智慧的古老的谚. h, a( e( q1 a- _' t- t( w/ G+ N( S
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