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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）ORIGINFrom 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 |