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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路" h. h4 N/ Q- ^
释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs
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. [# g$ \: l8 H1 k+ g8 S+ t例句:If we can't sell the house——well, we'll cross that bridge when we # P6 X9 g) j. y5 p- W
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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。, ]1 N# I9 q7 c! T3 O. @
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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
8 F, m0 Z( O, Y$ p, k, c7 Q 引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:
2 z' i, ]: Z4 x- N Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of 2 d4 {- y7 t: i8 C" [" B
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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
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