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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路
, ^4 z+ C1 E1 i9 v释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs/ u% S g* N8 e1 k; l% M
5 D( M! C6 [( e# @* e+ P例句:If we can't sell the house——well, we'll cross that bridge when we
' H7 w5 _- x, u) T+ W come to it.
# I7 c5 i, ^ |; h: B. [, 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
, k) q! ~; v4 e: ] 引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:
+ D4 C2 u' [) H9 I: [ Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of ) d' I/ B' I- B* n7 ^8 C
excellent wit.
' X. X0 }# I3 t* h. _0 b 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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