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●sell sb down the ˈriver(informal) to give poor or unfair treatment to sb you have promised to help 出卖（答应要帮助的人） ORIGIN From the custom of buying and selling slaves on the plantations on the Mississippi River in America. Slaves who caused trouble for their masters could be sold to plantation owners lower down the river, where conditions would be worse. 源自美国密西西比河沿岸种植园之间的奴隶买卖。惹麻烦的奴隶可能被主人卖到下游条件更为恶劣的种植园里。 See also river |