Alter your route indiscriminately or attempt to take any overgrown short cuts. You may find yourself getting lost or stranded in a place where you can neither retreat nor proceed.

随便更改已定的路线或尝试行走野草蔓生的捷径，这往往容易迷途或到达进退两难的位置。

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National Express indicated that it would walk away from the loss-making route, and not put further money into it, after failing to alter the terms of its franchise agreement.

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