catch someone red-handed

/ˌkætʃ ˌsʌmwʌn ˌred ˈhændɪd/INFORMAL · B2
中文对应近似对应
抓现行
字面意思: «抓住手还红着的人»

含义

to find someone while they are doing something wrong

在某人做坏事时当场抓住.

例句

  1. 1Dad caught me red-handed eating the birthday cake before the party.
  2. 2The teacher caught Ben red-handed copying his friend's homework.
  3. 3The neighbour's camera caught him red-handed as he climbed over our garden fence.
  4. 4Did the teacher really catch Omar red-handed with his phone during the exam?
  5. 5If the manager catches you red-handed taking extra breaks, you could lose your job.

语法

catch 是不规则动词:caught、caught。someone 处只放一个词,如 him、us 或人名。被动形式 be caught red-handed 也很常用。

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