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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路
+ r* k' i$ |, d3 D, ]! Y, H释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs
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! B$ ]0 C/ n- K, [+ M: H, a- Y例句:If we can't sell the house——well, we'll cross that bridge when we
1 l. s& b" d1 h0 s come to it. / V3 N: G- g5 X7 T
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。3 E S) `3 g0 w# i
2 c \ z" y; \# q4 E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7 e" _/ A& H, c$ z _
引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:" R& K8 P: h; G/ Q" \
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of : a* g1 o; F0 r, m+ P9 K
excellent wit.
- S; V) I; F, V Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......是个充满智慧的古老的谚; G' V8 _, Q- V& T! Y9 m
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