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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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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% H2 b( T! P; ^
引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:8 N, ]( B: V' H% o$ K7 E. y) d
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8 ]: Q0 m9 d5 y) ]" s
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