up the river

沿河而上沿江而上上河沿江

up the river 的定义

  1. To or in prison, as in They sent him up the river for five years. This phrase originally referred to Sing-Sing Prison, on the Hudson River about 30 miles north of New York City. So used from about 1890 on, it was broadened to apply to any prison by the early 1900s.

up the river 近义词

up the river

等同于 jail

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up the river

等同于 prison

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up the river

等同于 pokey

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  2. “I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
  3. He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.
  4. In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
  5. We won't find out this season, though it comes up occasionally.
  6. What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
  7. Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
  8. Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
  9. In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
  10. The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.