Bridge too far

[Johnyxxx]

Hello,

In his TV shows, the well-known adventurer Bear Grylls uses sometimes a phrase a bridge too far in describing something very hard to achieve. Is it a common English idiom?

Thanks a lot.

 

[emsr2d2]

This forum has a very helpful idioms section and "a bridge too far" appears in it. Click HERE to read the entry.

 

[bhaisahab]

See here for the origins: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-the-idiom-a-bridge-too-far-mean.htm