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red-handed

/red-han-did/US // ˈrɛdˈhæn dɪd //

赤手空拳,赤手空拳的,正着的,正规的

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : in the very act of a crime, wrongdoing, etc., or in possession of self-incriminating evidence: They caught him red-handed dipping into the till.

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Examples

  • Former Red Sox star Curt Schilling says his politics are keeping him out of Cooperstown.

  • Nor does the jet have the ability to capture high-definition video, utilize an infra-red pointer.

  • The clichés about football-obsessed husbands and frustrated wives are pretty heavy-handed.

  • There was deep brown flesh, and bronze flesh, and pallid white flesh, and flesh turned red from the hot sun.

  • A Republican candidate hoping to win red state support could find a worse team to root for than one from Dallas.

  • Beginners must be warned against mistaking the edges of cells, or particles which have retained the red stain, for bacilli.

  • Under the internal pressure his whiskers stood on end and his face grew red.

  • “You appear to feel it so,” rejoined Mr. Pickwick, smiling at the clerk, who was literally red-hot.

  • Ripperda's eye fell upon the mantle,—it was discoloured a dark red in many places, he nodded his head, and the man withdrew.

  • C was a Captain, all covered with lace; D was a drunkard, and had a red face.