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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路( K Y. P" [ Y2 U' `; w: l9 t
释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs3 @) D% w3 w9 L$ o" l' ~
( Q$ d4 p2 Q( l6 ~. [7 u0 E例句:If we can't sell the house——well, we'll cross that bridge when we
) e8 j1 i8 n% W) N. o6 z& P v come to it.
7 W9 }* W' y. ^) R& w5 [# A 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9 i. h8 j. p5 x
引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:
2 u, B& w7 e7 g 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) S, m! c3 z8 o0 E
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