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词汇 the other side of the tracks
释义
Idiom
the other side of the tracks
Theme: LOCATION
the poorer section of town or the richer section of town, depending on perspective.
He is from a wealthy family and I am from a very humble background, but he is the first boy I have met from the other side of the tracks, and I want to marry him.I hear he is dating someone from the other side of the tracks.
Idiom
the other side of the tracksthe other/wrong side of the tracks
American & Australian the poor area of a town.
She grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in a small southern town.

the other side of the tracks

A part of a town or city that is particularly impoverished (and usually dangerous or undesirable as a result). "Tracks" refers to railroad tracks, which are sometimes thought of as demarcating different economic areas of a town. I was always looked down on as a kid because I grew up on the other side of the tracks. His mother didn't want him dating anyone from the other side of the tracks.

other side of the tracks

 and wrong side of the tracks
the poor part of a town or city. He was a rich boy, and she was a girl from the other side of the tracks. You don't want to buy a house in that neighborhood. It's on the wrong side of the tracks.
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