red-handed
赤手空拳,赤手空拳的,正着的,正规的
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- : 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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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.