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单词 up the river
释义

up the river

North American informal To or in prison: we were lucky not to be sent up the river that time boy...
  • You're indicted, convicted and sent up the river.
  • Let me be on record as being strongly opposed to sending Limbaugh up the river, even though that is the penalty he wished to inflict on others.
  • They're sent up the river for ‘life,’ having all the time in the world to spend together.
With allusion to Sing Sing prison, situated up the Hudson River from the city of New York
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