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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路
6 X, J, q3 v2 Y释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs, Y) m' J6 E( K8 y2 o
" Z% D, X7 K5 _) w例句:If we can't sell the house——well, we'll cross that bridge when we
9 c1 d% K+ e& z come to it.
: w" Z& F* X8 H4 B* d 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
- k* C. g: a5 p, Q: n0 ~! @) a 引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:
0 o F) J, u2 b7 r Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of # j6 j. v' e: W' @% R, c+ |- ~
excellent wit.
: \7 Z1 W8 }( E, C" ^4 I Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......是个充满智慧的古老的谚8 h% Z C, {% a1 J4 y
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