英语词汇“catch a person on the wrong foot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

g. to catch (a person) on the wrong foot.

(a) In tennis and other sports: to cause (an opponent) to be in an unfavourable playing position as regards the foot on which his or her weight is placed, esp. by deceptive play; = wrong-foot v. 1.

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1884 S. C. F. Peile Lawn Tennis ii. 11 How effectually a player is stumped by being caught on the ‘wrong foot’!

1899 Golf Illustr. 24 Nov. 184/1 Once fairly away from the scrimmage, though he almost never ran round his man, he seemed to slip past him at the very moment when..he got him on the wrong foot.

1920 Amer. Lawn Tennis 15 July 216/1 Williams..caught Brugnon on the wrong foot with a couple of lightning drives down the side lines.

1958 Times 18 Dec. 11/4 The least athletically inclined are frequently finding themselves..bowled out, tackled or caught on the wrong foot.

2011 R. Stevens tr. B. U. Gross & W. Schlager Table Tennis 142 Vladimir Samsonov, a champion of anticipation, who can hardly be caught on the wrong foot.

(b) figurative. To disconcert by an unexpected move; to catch unawares, take by surprise; = wrong-foot v. 2.

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1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 11 You'd have to get up at crack of dawn to catch me on the wrong foot.

1963 Times 9 Feb. 13/1 The market was caught on the wrong foot, so that a ‘bear squeeze’ developed.

2002 Independent (Nexis) 10 Dec. 2 Press officers were caught on the wrong foot when the story broke last week.

b. In various allusive phrases: (see quots. and bark v.¹ 2, box n.² Phrases 5, shop n., adj., and int. Phrases 1, sow n.¹ 3). to catch (a person) on the wrong foot, to get off, etc., on the wrong foot: see foot n. and int. Phrases 4.

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1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Kiv Ye tooke..the wrong sow by theare.

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 931/1 If you wil heare how Saint Augustine expoundeth that place, ye shal perceaue that ye are in a wronge boxe.

1616 Withals' Dict. 584 Vlulas Athenas, you bring your Corne to a wrong market.

1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 7 You bring your hogs to a wrong market.

1761 Brit. Mag. 2 440 You'd have sworn he had got the wrong pig by the ear.

1833 J. Hall Legends of West 46 You are barking up the wrong tree, Johnson.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 361 Does he want..money? meat? drink? He's come to the wrong shop for that, if he does.

1877 R. De B. Trotter Galloway Gossip Sixty Years Ago 190 Ye've got the wrang soo by the lug this time.

1897 Daily News 4 Mar. 6/1 The now well-quoted phrase of Lord Salisbury's, ‘we put all our money upon the wrong horse’.

1907 Notes & Queries 19 Jan. 46/2 ‘You will find yourself in the wrong shop!’ is a vague threat.

单词	catch a person on the wrong foot
释义	> as lemmas to catch (a person) on the wrong foot g. to catch (a person) on the wrong foot. (a) In tennis and other sports: to cause (an opponent) to be in an unfavourable playing position as regards the foot on which his or her weight is placed, esp. by deceptive play; = wrong-foot v. 1. ΚΠ 1884 S. C. F. Peile Lawn Tennis ii. 11 How effectually a player is stumped by being caught on the ‘wrong foot’! 1899 Golf Illustr. 24 Nov. 184/1 Once fairly away from the scrimmage, though he almost never ran round his man, he seemed to slip past him at the very moment when..he got him on the wrong foot. 1920 Amer. Lawn Tennis 15 July 216/1 Williams..caught Brugnon on the wrong foot with a couple of lightning drives down the side lines. 1958 Times 18 Dec. 11/4 The least athletically inclined are frequently finding themselves..bowled out, tackled or caught on the wrong foot. 2011 R. Stevens tr. B. U. Gross & W. Schlager Table Tennis 142 Vladimir Samsonov, a champion of anticipation, who can hardly be caught on the wrong foot. (b) figurative. To disconcert by an unexpected move; to catch unawares, take by surprise; = wrong-foot v. 2. ΚΠ 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 11 You'd have to get up at crack of dawn to catch me on the wrong foot. 1963 Times 9 Feb. 13/1 The market was caught on the wrong foot, so that a ‘bear squeeze’ developed. 2002 Independent (Nexis) 10 Dec. 2 Press officers were caught on the wrong foot when the story broke last week. extracted from footn.int. to catch (a person) on the wrong foot b. In various allusive phrases: (see quots. and bark v.¹ 2, box n.² Phrases 5, shop n., adj., and int. Phrases 1, sow n.¹ 3). to catch (a person) on the wrong foot, to get off, etc., on the wrong foot: see foot n. and int. Phrases 4. ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. Kiv Ye tooke..the wrong sow by theare. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 931/1 If you wil heare how Saint Augustine expoundeth that place, ye shal perceaue that ye are in a wronge boxe. 1616 Withals' Dict. 584 Vlulas Athenas, you bring your Corne to a wrong market. 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 7 You bring your hogs to a wrong market. 1761 Brit. Mag. 2 440 You'd have sworn he had got the wrong pig by the ear. 1833 J. Hall Legends of West 46 You are barking up the wrong tree, Johnson. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 361 Does he want..money? meat? drink? He's come to the wrong shop for that, if he does. 1877 R. De B. Trotter Galloway Gossip Sixty Years Ago 190 Ye've got the wrang soo by the lug this time. 1897 Daily News 4 Mar. 6/1 The now well-quoted phrase of Lord Salisbury's, ‘we put all our money upon the wrong horse’. 1907 Notes & Queries 19 Jan. 46/2 ‘You will find yourself in the wrong shop!’ is a vague threat. extracted from wrongadj.adv. < as lemmas
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