Crossing the bridge makes a lot of people worried?
If you’re like me you sometimes test old expressions to see whether or not they still apply. Here is 1. I will cross that bridge when I come to it. From where I am that makes sense. We use the bridge to get to the outside world. But where did the expression come from? What allowed this term to be coined into popular vernacular. Where bridge is that rare? I somehow doubt that. Mankind has always needed to cross a body of water in one way or another. Boats are not always the best way. But back to that bridge thing. I have really come to a bridge that I was hesitant to cross. Except, perhaps, when I was on a bicycle. There is something really unsettling about keeping your balance when you do not know what is on the edges of your vision. Just a thought. I have crossed some large bridges along the way in different places and each time I made it from this side to that side without any danger or incident. That was probably new to my bicycle which followed my need to go in a particular direction. Not side to side but straight ahead. That might be where the expression comes from. We all come to hazards that we need to get across. And since we cannot always It could be the fault of that nursery rhyme that mentions about a bridge that falls down . Again more research required . What bridge was it and what were the circumstances ? Was anyone injured ? If you treat things like a moment for a news reporter they somehow become less stressful . You are in control of the report . And the bridge . Even when you have not yet crossed over.
