| 释义 |
a bridge too far1A step or act that is regarded as being too drastic to take: having Botox would be a bridge too far...- Community, whether caustic or politely consensual, has an odd knack of seeming a bridge too far.
- However, Arnhem proved to be a bridge too far, immortalised in the film of the same name.
- Threatening physical violence against the host is a bridge too far, it would seem.
1.1Something that is very difficult to achieve: that second goal proved a bridge too far...- For others, alas, it clearly remains a bridge too far.
- Furthermore, its demand that the states give up their formal sovereignty is still "a bridge too far."
- In that sense the application was a bridge too far.
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