bottom rail

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Englisch - Türkisch
alt başlık
bottom rail on top
(deyim) İşler, konumlar ve şaire tersine dönmek
Englisch - Englisch

Definition von bottom rail im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

bottom rail on top
(deyim) When one formerly in a position of weakness or subservience gains power or dominance over his former oppressor. Originally referred to the idea of black slaves gaining power over their ex-owners in the wake of the US Civil War

A freed black slave in the Union Army saw his ex-owner being led away in chains as a prisoner and said to him, Hello massa, bottom rail on top this time..

bottom rail

    Silbentrennung

    bot·tom rail

    Türkische aussprache

    bätım reyl

    Aussprache

    /ˈbätəm ˈrāl/ /ˈbɑːtəm ˈreɪl/
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