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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路
0 `/ r. n, N& U' x3 v( t2 A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。. d: U1 |2 a! ~. J
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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
" L; e, ~1 P- K3 } 引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:' \" R" \$ o) [5 m
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of & }% ?( a }8 u; C5 a; {7 O, {, ^# l
excellent wit. & X: Z% v3 U, r3 |5 l
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......是个充满智慧的古老的谚" }, W3 Q. S6 K* g! G7 ~% V$ P
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