They hope to 'build a bridge' between the two cultures. [=they hope to help the people in the two cultures understand each other]
I don't know how we'll pay the bills if you quit your job, but 'we'll cross that bridge when we come to it'.
We had our differences in the past, but that's all 'water under the bridge' now.
(..) A cup of coffee, please. Anyway, whatever the f$ck it is, she uses a lot of it, you know. Then perfume, the spray kind. Get this. In the middle of the Triborough bridge... and this woman is beautiful, she changes her pantyhose. - No. - Oh, yeah. - What did you do? (..)1976 Taxi Driver