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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 * y7 l( ^; v8 Q6 V7 m
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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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- ~1 F. n5 b- j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/ s, t4 f, z( ?) [! J) N
引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:8 b+ b: {4 J6 E, z4 v/ S* h
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of ' f, L, v- e n( _, D# ~
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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) ]" e b. }3 ^) I' ?7 r
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