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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 167. The proverb today is cross that bridge when
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one comes to it. So we often hear somebody say well we will cross that
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bridge when we come to it or he'll cross that bridge when he comes to it. So you
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could use different people with it. But it's basically cross that bridge when
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you come to it. All right. Let's take a look at the note here. The note. If
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someone says that he or she will cross that bridge when he or she comes to it,
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or gets to it. Sometimes they might change the word 'come' to 'get' too. They mean
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that they will deal with the problem when it is nearer in time and more
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suitable to do so. The idea behind it is that it is too soon to worry about it.
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You know, to worry about it right now. It could suggest one is simply too busy
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now. You know to handle this. They already have their hands full or perhaps the
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situation may change before it is necessary to deal with it. So you might
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be worrying about it too soon. The situation may get better or it may get
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worse, but it may become more clear how to
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approach it later. When you're getting closer to it, you may have a better idea
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of what you can and cannot do or how you could get around it. If one is really
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lucky the problem may go away or straighten out on its own. Yeah sometimes
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you know, if it's if it's in the distance you never know. You might get lucky. You
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may not have to deal with it at all. The origin is unclear but you know but many
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people think or many people may think it may allude to actually crossing bridges
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that were less secure in former times. In the past and that there was no point or
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no reason or no need to worry until the time of the actual crossing. So you know,
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don't worry about it all the way on the trip. If it's still
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hundreds of miles away before you get to that bridge or 50 miles away or a day
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away. It's no points worry now. Worry when you get there. All right. And we have a couple
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of examples how we use this today. Let's not worry about it now, we will cross
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that bridge when we come to it. You know, this is just the way we hear it used. Or
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number two. This is an a/b part. A will say how will we ever afford to send our
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daughter to a good college ? And B says don't worry that. It is still 10 years away.
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We will cross that bridge when we come to it. Okay. Anyway, I hope you got it. i
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hope it is clear. I hope it was informative. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.