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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路
5 N( ^! g# P2 F8 z+ x9 Y' h2 E, H' i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
! R" ^; l5 G& e) G come to it.
: n5 M1 V5 ~/ U1 {- z 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。- f Y/ r; \, t3 [
9 A) H! h- ?5 }, L4 b- l8 h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
2 A# Q5 i" L8 C4 e 引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:" R O$ s5 y* D5 j( r4 z
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of - q% a, p3 r T
excellent wit. : h8 F, T8 `: \' _3 {
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......是个充满智慧的古老的谚5 H0 e6 k# \7 b+ m) R. X
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