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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路/ C% {3 g9 {# c( s* A$ ^4 @; C4 K
释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs. D, A1 D9 U2 y R% h7 \
6 b; s$ K# }4 }/ g例句:If we can't sell the house——well, we'll cross that bridge when we P) F* C P6 e$ H. u, {. U, G
come to it.
2 T$ R3 s6 a4 q# Y: B: h" R/ V 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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* e: p- n5 Z: h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: C9 I6 u: b0 |" D3 I5 j$ r& M8 A
引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:
6 Y0 I' p3 j$ H/ V0 Z! V Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of
( @ x/ s! S2 o7 _ excellent wit.
8 W! c9 v% y, p( p. r, g Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......是个充满智慧的古老的谚0 I( q4 j/ @5 y- \8 G, m; ~
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