sell down the river

Английский Язык - Турецкий язык

Определение sell down the river в Английский Язык Турецкий язык словарь

Связанные Термины

down the river

nehrin akıntısına

down the river

nehir boyunca

down the river

akıntıya

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение sell down the river в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

To betray, especially in a manner which causes serious difficulty for the one betrayed

As a result, analysts were routinely selling investors down the river by promoting stocks purely to land banking business from companies.

deceive, cheat, defraud

Расстановка переносов

sell Down the ri·ver

Турецкое произношение

sel daun dhi rîvır

Произношение

/ˈsel ˈdoun ᴛʜē ˈrəvər/ /ˈsɛl ˈdaʊn ðiː ˈrɪvɜr/

Этимология

() Probably from the practice in the U.S., prior to the American Civil War, of trading in slaves who were transported via the Mississippi River: :* 1885, Mark Twain, Huckleberry Finn, ch. 42: :*: "e ain't no slave. . . . Old Miss Watson died two months ago, and she was ashamed she ever was going to sell him down the river, and said so; and she set him free in her will."