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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路
( C! D: K9 Z$ l& g) e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。! x* _6 S* S# r+ [; W5 w
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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
3 y5 b" P) A1 R) H 引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:
3 Z$ `+ x1 \, R3 `2 r7 j 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
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