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throw someone under the bus idiom informal to do something harmful to someone else in order to gain an advantage for yourself: (为了个人利益)出卖某人|牺牲某人|背叛某人 He has been accused of throwing fellow Republicans under the bus for his personal agenda.他被控因私利而出卖了共和党同僚。 I'm not going to throw my friend under the bus for something he did 25 years ago. 我不会因为我朋友25年前所做的事而背叛他。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Disloyalty, betrayal & treason adulterous backstabber betrayal betrayer break ranksidiom chicane deserter desertion faithless faithlessly faithlessness false fifth column sellout stab someone in the backidiom tergiversation throw someone to the lionsidiom traitor treasonable unfaithfulness
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