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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路+ [8 d- u& `, K. l) w
释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs
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& I* l* u2 y' J1 c8 T! d l# x' @' [例句:If we can't sell the house——well, we'll cross that bridge when we
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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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/ i& n6 R6 X$ g) ]; Y( y4 O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$ z- V. f& _+ D
引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:5 ^0 m9 ~# `# T1 ]8 l% ~; l, ]5 w
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of
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& s$ M7 S# F \9 G, g) A Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......是个充满智慧的古老的谚
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