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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路5 D, h1 C1 ]# w! n3 |
释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs& c. a6 R# }, i- d/ g
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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。
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6 y! b. ~! z. I C# _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 e2 |0 [6 \8 u: u 引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:
2 G( |6 o9 i6 T, t- E Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of # h- b2 v# l0 |, y* m& Q
excellent wit. / u! W- |3 w, ]% z% u& N
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......是个充满智慧的古老的谚- L, v7 i' e& m8 o: E) W: L* ^
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