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"word": "cross a bridge before one comes to it"
}
],
"etymology_text": "A metaphor for an idea being like a train of thought and the problem being like the bridge.",
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{
"form": "crosses that bridge when one comes to it",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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},
{
"form": "crossing that bridge when one comes to it",
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},
{
"form": "crossed that bridge when one came to it",
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},
{
"form": "crossed that bridge when one came to it",
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
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{
"word": "burn that bridge when one comes to it"
}
],
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{
"text": "It's possible we'll eventually have more books than available space for them, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.",
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}
],
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"To deal with a problem or situation only if and when it arises."
],
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"(idiomatic) To deal with a problem or situation only if and when it arises."
],
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"word": "take something as it comes"
}
],
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{
"word": "cross that bridge when one gets there"
},
{
"word": "cross that bridge when one gets to it"
}
],
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "船到橋頭自然直"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "syun⁴ dou³ kiu⁴ tau⁴ zi⁶ jin⁴ zik⁶",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "船到桥头自然直"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "船到橋頭自然直"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuán dào qiáotóu zì rán zhí",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "船到桥头自然直"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "ratkaistaan se ongelma vasta sitten, kun se tulee eteen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "voir le moment venu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "kommt Zeit, kommt Rat"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "alles zu seiner Zeit"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kshenagí'a lagésher na'avór otó",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "כְּשֶׁנַּגִּיעַ לַגֶּשֶׁר נַעֲבֹר אוֹתוֹ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "(majd) akkor kelünk át a folyón/hídon, amikor odaérünk"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "nie martwić się na zapas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "den dagen, den sorgen"
}
]
}
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],
"word": "cross that bridge when one comes to it"
}
{
"antonyms": [
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"word": "cross a bridge before one comes to it"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "burn that bridge when one comes to it"
}
],
"etymology_text": "A metaphor for an idea being like a train of thought and the problem being like the bridge.",
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"form": "crosses that bridge when one comes to it",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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{
"form": "crossing that bridge when one comes to it",
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{
"form": "crossed that bridge when one came to it",
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},
{
"form": "crossed that bridge when one came to it",
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "take something as it comes"
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],
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"To deal with a problem or situation only if and when it arises."
],
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[
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"situation"
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"(idiomatic) To deal with a problem or situation only if and when it arises."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
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}
],
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"tags": [
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cross that bridge when one gets there"
},
{
"word": "cross that bridge when one gets to it"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "船到橋頭自然直"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "syun⁴ dou³ kiu⁴ tau⁴ zi⁶ jin⁴ zik⁶",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "船到桥头自然直"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "船到橋頭自然直"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuán dào qiáotóu zì rán zhí",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "船到桥头自然直"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "ratkaistaan se ongelma vasta sitten, kun se tulee eteen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "voir le moment venu"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "kommt Zeit, kommt Rat"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "alles zu seiner Zeit"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kshenagí'a lagésher na'avór otó",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "כְּשֶׁנַּגִּיעַ לַגֶּשֶׁר נַעֲבֹר אוֹתוֹ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "(majd) akkor kelünk át a folyón/hídon, amikor odaérünk"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "nie martwić się na zapas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deal with something only when it arises",
"word": "den dagen, den sorgen"
}
],
"word": "cross that bridge when one comes to it"
}
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