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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路
5 M4 v D2 B# f+ ?( |% k& {, |释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs" {. Z2 P* s" I+ I& C. @* I
, s/ g2 T6 Y0 k, D4 h# e, K例句:If we can't sell the house——well, we'll cross that bridge when we ) K% g5 u1 F2 H
come to it. + ~' k: |' N) m# p. z! m) t8 [
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。4 W( V* t1 ^! v! i& D: n6 D' m
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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5 s$ O8 \% l- s; Z& s
引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:
- m* |% N% i3 R, w( b7 u Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of
2 \; D, x( f2 V4 I. n& | excellent wit. ; l" u' n" ?( H6 ?. t
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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