英语词汇“sell down the river”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	sell down the river
释义	sell down the river SEE SYNONYMS FOR sell down the river ON THESAURUS.COM Betray, as in They kept the merger a secret until the last minute, so the employees who were laid off felt they'd been sold down the river. This expression, dating from the mid-1800s, alludes to slaves being sold down the Mississippi River to work as laborers on cotton plantations. Its figurative use dates from the late 1800s. Words nearby sell down the river Sellafield, sellar, sella turcica, sell-back, sell-by date, sell down the river, seller, Sellers, sellers' market, seller's option, Sellers screw thread The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to sell down the river squawk, abandon, mislead, forsake, deceive, seduce, tattle, complain, protest, betray, snitch, sing, tattletale, blab, tell, talk, jilt, cross, trick, finger
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sell down the river