| 释义 |
sell someone down the river informal betray someone, especially so as to benefit oneself 〈非正式〉（尤指为使自己得益而）出卖某人; 背叛某人; 欺骗某人。 [ORIGIN: earlier referring to the sale of a troublesome slave to the owner of a sugar-cane plantation on the lower Mississippi, where conditions were relatively harsher.] sell someone down the river 见RIVER. |