10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROSS A BRIDGE WHEN ONE COMES TO IT»
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cross a bridge when one comes to it and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Idioms in the News - 1,000 Phrases, Real Examples
... never enjoy them with my lovely, charming Maid...— "The Life and Adventures
of Joe Thompson, Written by Himself" (London, 1751). cross. the. Rubicon. "We
want a state with peace. And I think they. cross a bridge when one comes to it ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
1600] when t In addition to the idioms beginning with WHEN, also see CROSS A
BRIDGE WHEN ONE COMES TO IT; PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, WHEN. when
all's said and done Also, after all is said and done. In the end, nevertheless, as in
...
34. sell someone the Brooklyn Bridge: to take advantage of a person who is
easily fooled or tricked. Paulo is such a gullible person, you can sell him the
Brooklyn Bridge. 35. cross a bridge when one comes to it: not to bother about a
future ...
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Chambers concise dictionary
3 elec eng to make an electrical connection. [Anglo-Saxon brycg) □ bridgeable
adj. ♢ cross a bridge when one comes to it to deal with a problem when it arises
and not before. bridge2 /brid3/ >n, cards a game which developed from WHIST1,
...
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Chabers 21st Century Dictionary
cross a bridge when one comes to it to deal with a problem when it arises and not
before. © Anglo-Saxon brycg. bridge2 /bndy noun, cards a game which
developed from whist, for four people playing in pairs, in which the partner of the
player ...
bridge cross a bridge when one comes to it not to bother about a problem that is
going to arise in the future until it actually affects one: Once we get the money we'
ll have to work out how it is to be allocated, but we'll cross that bridge when we ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
bridge cross a bridge when one comes to it not to bother about a problem that is
going to arise in the future until it actually affects one: Once we get the money we'
ll have to work out how it is to be allocated, but we'll cross that bridge when we ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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Concise English Dictionary
... usu. for a fairly large sum and at a relatively high rate of interest, providing
bridging for a business transaction, esp. house purchase— cross a bridge when
one comes to it not to bother about a future problem until it affects one. [O.E. bryg.
] ...
to see through a brick wall (= to see through a millstone) KKMffl i WSfffc* (Mr. Ng
has extraordinary eyesight; he can see through a brick wall. £5fc£Bgij#/l '
fbfl&n&lfcai • ) bridge to cross a bridge when one comes to it JL CROSS water
under the ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
cross a bridge when one comes to it see under bridge1; cross as two sticks
particularly perverse and disagreeable; cross one's fingers or keep one's fingers
crossed to place one finger across another in the hope of ensuring good luck;
cross ...
