sell down the river

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von sell down the river im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

Relevante Übersetzungen

down the river

nehrin akıntısına

down the river

nehir boyunca

down the river

akıntıya

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von sell down the river im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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

Silbentrennung

sell Down the ri·ver

Türkische aussprache

sel daun dhi rîvır

Aussprache

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

Etymologie

() 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."