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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路& j8 ?3 ^8 U3 ]# |9 z: [# Z
释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs) a* x- z" B! t( p. i4 N6 c& Q
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例句:If we can't sell the house——well, we'll cross that bridge when we + E" g0 g( x! E
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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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9 V( P5 N. [* }0 R0 _0 ~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 t" ]* B) W$ Y5 _7 |! J
引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:5 Q' ~9 C; w. {: x: k- O0 r
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6 X! V3 a( T a+ Q7 |
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