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单词 sell someone down the river
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.

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