| 单词 | flat-footed |
| 释义 | flat-footed 1. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE noun, ADJECTIVE after verb] If you are flat-footed, the arches of your feet are too low. All babies look flat-footed and when they walk the whole sole touches the ground. He told me I was flat-footed. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun, verb-link ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE after verb] If you describe a person or action as flat-footed, you think they are clumsy, awkward, or foolish. [disapproval] ...flat-footed writing. Idioms: be caught flat-footed or be left flat-footed to be put at a disadvantage when something happens which you do not expect, with the result that you do not know what to do next and often look foolish `The people around were caught flat-footed,' said Mr. Enko. `Nobody expected floods of such magnitude.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers |
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