| 单词 | to be caught red-handed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be caught (also taken) red-handed c. In predicative use. That is in the very act of committing a crime or misdeed; that is still bearing the obvious evidence of guilt. Esp. in to be caught (also taken) red-handed.Apparently first in Scott: the older Scottish term was red-hand adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective] > and caught in the act red-handc1430 deprehended1655 red-handed1819 society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [adjective] > with clear evidence of guilt red-handc1430 red-handed1819 the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > of body or parts of foxtailed1774 silky1781 red-handed1819 cheek-pouched1844 cebocephalic1881 pomatic1889 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > violating the law > committing an offence > in the act of red-handc1430 red-handed1819 society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > [verb (intransitive)] > be arrested > be caught in the act to be taken red-hand1535 to be caught (also taken) red-handed1819 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xi. 190 I did but tie one fellow, who was taken redhanded and in the fact, to the horns of a wild stag. 1857 G. A. Lawrence Guy Livingstone iv The fact of the property being found in our possession constituted a flagrans delictum—we were caught ‘red-handed’. 1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs I. 306 A notorious thief was caught red-handed in the act of breaking open a lock. 1937 W. Lewis Revenge for Love i. i. 8 They were unsuccessful politicos. They had been caught red-handed, with arms in their hands. 1964 Times 24 Sept. 14/6 There were occasions when he feared that he might be caught red-handed, and what would happen then? 1997 C. Brookmyre Country of Blind (2001) viii. 215 We pull in guys we've caught red-handed all the time, and..they tend not to put their hands up and say ‘it's a fair cop—you've got me bang to rights, guv'nor’. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Aug. 14/3 Hugh would dish off the wallets to him as soon as he hooked them, thus minimizing the risk of being caught red-handed. < as lemmas |
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