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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路
t' c! L3 q. n& I释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs
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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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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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% {6 W( R; g7 `" f$ s, T- \# g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: @ B% Q- } t$ E$ c- v5 d
引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:
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excellent wit.
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