| 释义 |
the wrong side of the tracks informal A poor or less prestigious part of town: a former bad kid from the wrong side of the tracks...- Meanwhile, the mother, who has become a star of the stage, unwittingly meets her orphan son on one of her frequent trips to the wrong side of the tracks to provide charity to poor children.
- Over the 20th century blacks in larger towns found themselves increasingly forced to live on the wrong side of the tracks.
- He is a country boy from the wrong side of the tracks, while she is a city gal with a pedigree.
With reference to the railway tracks of American towns, once serving as a line of demarcation between rich and poor quarters See parent entry: track |