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We'll burn that bridge when we get to it (idea)
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by
Lord Brawl
Sun May 14 2000 at 20:20:50
A
fusion
of two phrases:
"
we'll cross that bridge when we come to it
" -- we'll deal with problems as they arise. Not always a good policy - if your name is
Hannibal
and you're travelling with
elephant
s, for example;
"
burn your bridges behind you
" - making irrevocable decisions. Retreating troops will burn the bridges behind them to slow up an advancing enemy. If you do this to advancing troops, you've committed them irrevocably to the assault. See
burn one's bridges
.
Thus when we say "
we'll burn that bridge when we get to it
" we acknowledge that we're going to make a
snap decision
, and live with the
irrevocable
consequences
should we choose incorrectly.
Your last act as a free man should of course be to burn the scrap of paper
Burn one's bridges
You can't make an omelet without killing a few people
Farberisms
Hannibal
Any woman who thinks she is pro-life should ask herself
And then I crawled out from under the table
I love it when a plan comes together
SNAFU
Why is nasal mucus green?
No one knows my plan
such is the way for a survivor of broken promises
The chameleon effect
Only a simple computer program
The guy who may as well already be dead and therefore doesn't care about the consequences of his actions and is able to move with perfect freedom for the remainder of what will likely be a tragically short life
random acts of management
David Farber
heard at Wal-Mart
Random acts of kindness
ad hoc
High school can kill you
English As She Is Spoke: Idiotisms and Proverbs
snap decision