Смысл: abridge

abridge[əʹbrıdʒ]
v
<Í> 1. сокращать
to abridge books - сокращать книги; делать в книгах купюры
this physics course is abridged - это сокращённый курс физики
2. уменьшать, убавлять; ограничивать; урезывать (права, привилегии и т. п.)
to abridge a visit - сократить пребывание
to abridge smb.'s freedom - ограничивать чью-л. свободу
modern transportation abridges distance - современные виды транспорта сокращают расстояния
3. арх. (of, from, in) лишать (чего-л.)
to abridge smb. of power - лишать кого-л. власти

bridge Идиома

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.

burn one's bridges behind one

Idiom(s): burn one's bridges (behind one)

Theme: LIMITATION

to make decisions that cannot be changed in the future.
• If you drop out of school now, you'll be burning your bridges behind you.
• You're too young to burn your bridges that way.

Cross that bridge when you come to it

If you will cross that bridge when you come to it, you will deal with a problem when it arises, but not until that point

Don't cross a bridge till you come to it.

One should not worry before something happens for it may never happen.

burn one's bridges|boat|boats|bridge|bridges|burn|

v. phr. To make a decision that you cannot change; remove or destroy all the ways you can get back out of a place you have got into on purpose; leave yourself no way to escape a position. Bob was a good wrestler but a poor boxer. He burned his boats by letting Mickey choose how they would fight. When Dorothy became a nun, she burned her bridges behind her.

cross a bridge before one comes to it|bridge|cross

v. phr. To worry about future events or trouble before they happen.

Usually used in negative sentences, often as a proverb. "Can I be a soldier when I grow up, Mother?" asked Johnny. "Don't cross that bridge until you come to it," said his mother.
Compare: BORROW TROUBLE.

water over the dam|bridge|dam|water|water under th

n. phr. Something that happened in the past and cannot be changed. Since the sweater is too small already, don't worry about its shrinking; that's water over the dam.
Compare: CRY OVER SPILLED MILK.

bridge

bridge
see burn one's bridges; cross a bridge when one comes to it; water over the dam.

burn one's bridges

burn one's bridges
Also, burn one's boats. Commit oneself to an irreversible course. For example, Denouncing one's boss in a written resignation means one has burned one's bridges, or Turning down one job before you have another amounts to burning your boats. Both versions of this idiom allude to ancient military tactics, when troops would cross a body of water and then burn the bridge or boats they had used both to prevent retreat and to foil a pursuing enemy. [Late 1800s] Also see cross the Rubicon.

don't cross that bridge till you come to it

don't cross that bridge till you come to it
see cross a bridge when one comes to it.