sell down the river

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down the river
nehrin akıntısına
down the river
nehir boyunca
down the river
akıntıya
İngilizce - İngilizce
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
sell down the river

    Heceleme

    sell Down the ri·ver

    Türkçe nasıl söylenir

    sel daun dhi rîvır

    Telaffuz

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

    Etimoloji

    () 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."