river

sell someone down the river betray someone, especially so as to benefit yourself. informal

☞ This expression originated in the USA, with reference to the practice in the slave-owning states of selling troublesome slaves to owners of sugar-cane plantations on the lower Mississippi, where conditions were harsher than those in the more northerly states.

2004On Earth There is no one over here saying that the son of a gun sold us down the river.

up the river to or in prison. informal, chiefly North American

☞ This phrase originated with reference to Sing Sing prison, which is situated up the Hudson River from the city of New York.

词组	river
释义	river sell someone down the river betray someone, especially so as to benefit yourself. informal ☞ This expression originated in the USA, with reference to the practice in the slave-owning states of selling troublesome slaves to owners of sugar-cane plantations on the lower Mississippi, where conditions were harsher than those in the more northerly states. 2004On Earth There is no one over here saying that the son of a gun sold us down the river. up the river to or in prison. informal, chiefly North American ☞ This phrase originated with reference to Sing Sing prison, which is situated up the Hudson River from the city of New York.
随便看	bend over backwards to do something bend someone's ear bend someone's ear bend the elbow bend the knee bend the knee bend the knee to bend your elbow beneath your dignity benefit be news to be nobody's fool be nobody's fool be no fool be no joke be none (or not any) the wiser be none the wiser be none the wiser be no (or nobody's) fool be no picnic be no respecter of persons be not about to do something bent bent out of shape bent out of shape