| 单词 | off one's guard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoff one's guard c. off one's guard: in or into a defenceless condition or a condition in which one is easily surprised by an attack. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > off one's guard [phrase] out of (one's) guarda1616 off one's guard1683 asleep at the switch1898 1683 J. Dryden & N. Lee Duke of Guise i. i. 7 Or at the Court among my Enemies, To be as I am here quite off my Guard, Would make me such another thing as Grillon. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccxxxv. 205 Temerity puts a Man off his Guard. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xviii. 141 They had not been put entirely off their guard. 1856 C. Reade It is never too Late I. ii. 51 Isaac Levi caught both faces off their guard. 1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 797 The agent throws me off my guard..and I therefore do not employ an independent valuer. < as lemmas |
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