be like painting the Forth Bridge イディオム

bridge the gap

help people communicate, mediate When the staff and the manager fight, I try to bridge the gap.

burn your bridges

resign without notice, leave no way to return He can't return to the company. He's burned his bridges.

cross that bridge when I come to it

make that decision when it is necessary, do not jump the gun If interest rates begin to drop, I can buy bonds, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

water under the bridge

the past, history That failure is water under the bridge. Let's not live in the past.

bridges

pants, trousers

The Bridge

Queensbridge

bridge over

overcome；link with a bridge 克服；度过；搭桥通车
This sum of money is sure to bridge over their difficulties．这笔钱肯定会帮助他们度过难关的。
The river has been bridged over．河上已架起了桥。

not to cross a bridge before one comes to it

Idiom(s): not to cross a bridge before one comes to it

Theme: ANXIETY - ANTICIPATION

not to worry excessively about something before it happens. (Note the variations in the examples.)
• There is no sense in crossing that bridge before you come to it.
• She's always crossing bridges before coming to them. She needs to learn to relax.

cross a bridge when one comes to it

Idiom(s): cross a bridge when one comes to it

Theme: DIFFICULTY

to deal with a problem only when one is faced with the problem. (Note the variations in the examples.)
• Please wait and cross that bridge when you come to it.
• He shouldn't worry about it now. He can cross that bridge when he comes to it.

burn one's bridges in front of one

Idiom(s): burn one's bridges in front of one

Theme: LIMITATION

to create future problems for oneself.
• I made a mistake again. I always seem to burn my bridges in front of me.
• I accidently insulted a math teacher whom I will have to take a course from next semester. I am burning my bridges in front of me.

be like painting the Forth Bridge

To be such an complex or time-consuming advance action that it never absolutely ends. The byword refers to Edinburgh's Forth Bridge, which already appropriate connected upkeep. Primarily heard in UK. Remodeling our abode was like painting the Forth Bridge—once we saw how nice one allowance looked, we had to accommodate another!Learn more: bridge, forth, like, painting

paint the Forth Bridge

acclimated to announce that a assignment can never be completed. The animate anatomy of the Forth Railway Arch in Scotland has appropriate connected repainting: it is so continued that already the painters ability one end, they accept to activate afresh at the other.Learn more: bridge, forth, paint

be like painting the Forth ˈBridge

(British English) if a job is like painting the Forth Bridge, it is so big that by the time you get to the end you accept to alpha at the alpha again: Cleaning a abode this admeasurement is a bit like painting the Forth Bridge. As anon as I’ve accomplished it’s time to alpha again!The Forth Arch is a actual big arch over the river Forth in Edinburgh.Learn more: bridge, forth, like, painting

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