| 单词 | to catch bending |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto catch (a person) bending d. to catch (a person) bending: to catch (someone) at a disadvantage. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)] > take by surprise oppressa1382 susprisea1400 swikec1400 supprisec1405 catchc1425 to take (a person) at advantage(s)1523 to take (also rarely catch, find) a person tardy1530 to take tarde1547 to take (a person) short1553 to catch (also take) (a person) nappinga1576 preoccupate1582 surprise?1592 overcomea1616 to take (or catch)‥unawaresa1616 to take at a surprise1691 to catch (also take) on the hop1868 to catch (a person) bending1910 wrong-foot1957 1910 P. G. Wodehouse Psmith in City xviii. 163 If any tactless person were to publish those..speeches..our revered chief would be more or less caught bending..as regards his chances of getting in as Unionist candidate at Kenningford. 1938 P. G. Wodehouse Code of Woosters iv. 97 You'll get the poor bird unfrocked... It's something they do to parsons when they catch them bending. 1967 A. Wilson No Laughing Matter ii. 139 He then goes off singing, ‘My word, if I catch you bending, my word, if I catch you bending.’ < as lemmas |
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