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1 sell someone down the river
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2 sell smb. down the river
1) амер.; уст. продать на юг ( негров-рабов)Now, here, it seems to me, you're running an awful risk. You can't hope to carry it out. If you're taken, it will be worse with you than ever; they'll only abuse you... and sell you down river. (H. Beecher Stowe, ‘Uncle Tom's Cabin’, ch. XI) — Но мне кажется, ты затеял очень опасное дело. Ты не можешь надеяться, что твой план удастся. Если тебя поймают, тебе будет хуже, чем было. Тебя накажут... и продадут на юг.
Most of the slave gangs were gathered together by buying slaves from "respectable" planters, who did not hesitate to sell their workers "down the river", when their financial interests were furthered thereby. (W. Foster, ‘The Negro People in American History’, ch. 14) — Невольничьи партии обычно составлялись из рабов, купленных у "почтенных" плантаторов, которые не гнушались сбывать своих работников "вниз по реке", если это отвечало их финансовым интересам.
2) выдать, предать кого-л. [первонач. амер.]She can sell him down the river any day she likes. (C. MacInnes, ‘City of Spades’, part II, ch. IV) — Она может выдать его, если захочет.
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3 sell smb. down the river
paзг.выдaть, пpeдaть кoгo-л. [пepвoнaч. aмep. уcт. пpoдaть вниз пo Mиccиcипи, нa юг (нeгpoв, paбoв)]She can sell him down the river any day she likes (C. Maclnnes)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > sell smb. down the river
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4 sell someone down the river
expr infml esp AmEThe official leadership was accused of selling the rank and file down the river — Официальное руководство обвинили в предательстве интересов рядовых членов
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > sell someone down the river
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5 sell smb. down the river
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6 sell smb. down the river
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7 Sell somebody down the river
амер. Предать кого-либоDifficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > Sell somebody down the river
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8 sell\ sy\ down\ the\ river
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9 sell smb down the river
преда́ть кого-л.The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > sell smb down the river
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10 to sell somebody down the river
traicionar a alguienEnglish-spanish dictionary > to sell somebody down the river
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11 to sell sb down the river
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12 to sell somebody down the river
nodot kāduEnglish-Latvian dictionary > to sell somebody down the river
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13 your friends will not sell you down the river
Австралийский сленг: твои друзья не предадут тебяУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > your friends will not sell you down the river
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14 sell s.o. down the river
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15 sell down the river
предавать, выдавать, изменять, продавать с потрохамиyour friends will not sell you down the river – твои друзья не предадут тебя
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16 sell down the river
предавать, выдавать, изменять, продавать с потрохамиyour friends will not sell you down the river – твои друзья не предадут тебя
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17 sell down the river
(to betray: The gang was sold down the river by one of its associates.) forråde* * *(to betray: The gang was sold down the river by one of its associates.) forråde -
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(to betray: The gang was sold down the river by one of its associates.) svíkja -
20 sell down the river
(to betray: The gang was sold down the river by one of its associates.) átejt vkit
См. также в других словарях:
sell someone down the river — sell (someone) down the river to do something that hurts someone who trusted you. Workers complained that their leaders sold them down the river in the latest contract negotiations. Related vocabulary: sell out someone/something … New idioms dictionary
sell somebody down the river — sell sb down the ˈriver idiom (informal) to give poor or unfair treatment to sb you have promised to help From the custom of buying and selling slaves on the plantations on the Mississippi river in America. Slaves who caused trouble for their… … Useful english dictionary
sell someone down the river — (informal).See double cross. → river (informal).See double cross. → sell * * * sell someone down the river informal … Useful english dictionary
sell down the river — To play false, betray • • • Main Entry: ↑sell * * * sell (someone) down the river see ↑sell, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑river sell (someone) down the river informa … Useful english dictionary
sell down the river — sell (someone) down the river to do something that hurts someone who trusted you. Workers complained that their leaders sold them down the river in the latest contract negotiations. Related vocabulary: sell out someone/something … New idioms dictionary
sell down the river — If you sell someone down the river, you betray their trust … The small dictionary of idiomes
sell down the river — If you sell someone down the river, you betray their trust. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** If you sell someone down the river, you betray a person who trusts you. When the trade union signed the salary agreement, the workers felt… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Sell down the river — If you sell someone down the river, you betray their trust … Dictionary of English idioms
sell someone down the river — informal betray someone. [orig. with ref. to the sale of a troublesome slave to a plantation owner on the lower Mississippi, where conditions were relatively harsher.] → river … English new terms dictionary
sell down the river — ► sell down the river informal betray. [ORIGIN: originally with reference to the sale of a troublesome slave to a plantation owner on the lower Mississippi, where conditions were relatively harsher.] Main Entry: ↑river … English terms dictionary
sell down the river — {v. phr.} To give harmful information about someone or something to one s enemies; betray. * /The traitor sold his country down the river to the enemy army./ * /The criminal told the hiding place of his companions and sold them down the river./… … Dictionary of American idioms
