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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路
# @# `# o9 Y$ h$ J3 S, q# q$ z; B释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs
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; N% _# R) D. K" ^, Z例句:If we can't sell the house——well, we'll cross that bridge when we
0 {, v+ v! |1 w" I: i come to it. 3 k& i; Y, R4 x, A
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。 ~: @' b' {' n S8 W
5 S% ~4 x; }. v! T' p% ]3 \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
. e- }1 F; t* T! k% I. M: b 引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:
& c' {* j% l, q+ y/ o% ` Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of 6 {/ C1 j1 d" w' e- E
excellent wit.
, p& E/ G/ @, }' K9 w Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......是个充满智慧的古老的谚! C6 V3 Z& T" [- B, W
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