英语中，come to a head 是一个很有意思的短语，字面意思是来到头这，引申为“到了关键时刻；到达紧急关头”。今天我们一起来学习一下这个短语，通过几个例句来体会它的用法。
例句1：The matters have come to a head.
这些问题到了非解决不可的地步。
例句2：Tom and Mary were always bickering, but things have now really come to a head.
汤姆和玛丽老是争吵不休，但现在情况真的到了严重的时刻。
例句3：Tom had not expected things to come to a head so fast, forcing him to play his last card so soon.
汤姆没想到事情来得这么快，把最后的一招这么早就拿出来。
例句4：The matter will come to a head next week.
下星期是一个危急关头。
例句5：Things in this country looked like they were about to come to a real head 这个国家的局势似乎即将迎来真正的危急时刻。
例句6：As the problems now loom larger than ever, so too will the economic and market implications when the issues come to a head.
随着这些问题比以往任何时候都更加突出，当这些问题到了紧要关头，其对经济和市场的影响也将变得更加突出。
通过以上的学习，相信大家对这个短语有一定的了解了，希望大家在今后的学习中多加运用，熟练掌握。