Liliputin-4799

Building now a bridge to Putin is a bridge too far  ... "
Joe Biden

Liliputins. What, the heck, is this?
http://stihi.ru/2021/11/24/7101

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build a bridge
To establish a relationship
build a bridge idiom : to establish a relationship (as to foster understanding and appreciation of cultural differences)

build a bridge
idiom
: to establish a relationship (as to foster understanding and appreciation of cultural differences)
They hope to build a bridge between the two cultures.

Examples of build a bridge in a Sentence
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The team will now attempt to modify Stern and Gerlach’s century-old setup to probe the nature of gravity — and perhaps build a bridge between the two pillars of modern physics.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 6 Dec. 2023
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—William Earl, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
The Interstate Bridge team must build a bridge that allows ships to pass under it, as well as products manufactured by several local companies located upstream.
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My job is to build a bridge between my work and someone who may not be trained in the sciences.
—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
The Town Council formally accepted $8.4 million to eliminate the at-grade crossing and build a bridge over the railroad across on Kennedy Avenue, which is part of phase one of the project to extend the road south to U.S. 30.
—Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2023
But with the economy suffering after the 2008 financial crisis, Italians had grown weary of empty rhetoric, such as his 20-year-old promises to build a bridge between Sicily and the Italian mainland.
—Rachel Donadio, New York Times, 12 June 2023
However, an unexpected revelation leads her to use her cookies to build a bridge to the outside world.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 May 2023
My objective is to build a bridge to this entire world that lives in Spanish and that seems to not exist for the rest of society.
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a bridge too far

DEFINITION
a step or act that is regarded as being too drastic to take:
"having Botox would be a bridge too far"
something that is very difficult to achieve:
"that second goal proved a bridge too far"
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