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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路* \3 R, e, ~6 Y
释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs
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( ]- `6 f$ Q4 u2 f% e. R例句:If we can't sell the house——well, we'll cross that bridge when we ' e. U& }) [$ _: c& j
come to it.
. z, F* }( a" x$ 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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7 \, e, J: f/ r# P8 i1 s; I7 U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. v! r4 i$ I4 q
引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:
}+ f% q, n+ f- m& H" }2 Y Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of
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7 H0 r: R" F$ s/ I* w5 @. _ 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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