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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路
: K, b# u1 `' V# J, y释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs
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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。+ L& z% ^4 E) E2 V3 W
: n l9 m5 G/ [. `& R2 I/ ^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
& A( J' j F- H# a 引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:
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