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11. cross a bridge when one comes to it车到山前必有路6 p5 `/ R: o! W. X8 O# F. e3 |# \) i' p
释义:deal with a situation when, and not before, it occurs% Q. J4 G5 t0 N; Z7 J5 `
, }& d% a5 Z! P3 E) N% \7 H例句:If we can't sell the house——well, we'll cross that bridge when we 1 h- E" m( k! `6 G% ?$ Q( f
come to it. / e% e; h# P; @0 W4 s0 t# e
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。, x* U+ ]* w; T* E6 E) ?5 C, x
: D4 q. a7 o- z( N( M/ w3 P7 T5 B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
, V2 g6 X' o* B7 r 引用了19世纪美国诗人朗菲罗的作品:
3 v2 y7 N& B* |) L Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......is a proverb old, and of
$ [" y% Q: M+ b! H$ D% X( f excellent wit.
. p1 d+ _; b3 j. p Don't cross the bridge till you come to it, ......是个充满智慧的古老的谚4 u, V1 L$ X( h& Z* S
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