Here is what really happens when you press that green button and transmit your tax return. 1  First, we stamp the return with an electronic postmark, and then we send it to the government. 2  Then we both wait 24 to 48 hours for the IRS to accept your return.
get your lines/wires crossed. if two people get their lines crossed, they do not understand each other correctly. Usage notes: When telephone lines get crossed, a mistake is made and you are connected to the wrong person. Somehow we got our lines crossed because I'd got the 23rd written down in my diary and Jenny had the 16th.
cross that bridge when one comes to it. Fig. to delay worrying about something that might happen until it actually does happen. (Usually used in the phrase, Let's cross that bridge when we come to it, a way of telling someone not to worry about something that has not happened yet.o not worry about a possible problem until it becomes an actual problem I might need a lawyer, but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Usage notes: also used in the form cross the bridge or cross a bridge (to begin to deal with a problem) : We crossed the bridge when we decided we needed to discuss these issues.