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what does these quotes mean?

“when push came to shove”

“we cross the bridge before we come through it” – this one i’m pretty sure i heard it wrong but somewhere along that line.

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“When push comes to shove” is associated with how a person will react to a situation when they are being forced to react.

“We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it” (the actual saying) means that we’ll worry about a situation when we have to worry about it and not before. Or, we won’t worry about something until and unless we have something to worry about.

Additional: I’m not sure if I’m explaining this in a way you can understand it.

“When push comes to shove” describes someone reacting to something. Someone pushes you so you shove them back. So this saying is used when speaking of being in a situation in which you feel as though you are forced to react to something happening, and what your reaction to it would be. Such as “When push comes to shove, I run away”, meaning that when things get bad you avoid doing anything about it.

“We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it” describes doing something and thinking about doing it only when you have to. If you haven’t come to the point where you have to think about or even worry about something yet, then don’t. Wait until you have to.

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Sarah R
‘when push came to shove’ you think youll react in one way to something in the future but when it actually happens you react in a different way

‘we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it’ (at least i think thats what you mean) dont worry about something that may or may not happen, wait until it happens and then decide how to deal with it

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Kathi
when push comes to shove, when you get to the problem and have to do something so that it doesn’t overtake you

We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it

Don’t borrow trouble from tomorrow, deal with problems when you must.

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juliana l
“wen a push, became a shove” means you try a little harder.

“cross the bridge b4 we come through it” means you have to be watchful

and, yeah, you did hear it right! lol.

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WC
The first ask, what are you going to do when things turn rough?

The second should be,” we will cross that bridge when we come to it”. It means we will handle things as they come.

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Poppy
“When push came to shove” I think it means that you’re annoying someone it’s like you’re pushing them, but then when you get on their last nerve it’s like you’re shoving them (you know, really annoying them)

Not sure about the other one though, sorry.

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