| 单词 | dead to rights |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdead to rights b. Slang phrase dead to rights: (a) completely, certainly, (b) red-handed; in the act; ‘bang to rights’ (bang v.1 9). (Cf. right n. Phrases 1b(m)) originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > arrest > under arrest [phrase] > caught red-handed dead to rights1859 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 25 Dead to rights, positively guilty, and no way of getting clear. 1872 G. P. Burnham Mem. U.S. Secret Service p. v A brief glossary of terms in the vernacular of criminals..dead to rights, caught, with positive proof of guilt. 1881 City Argus (San Francisco) 2 July 4/4 Jimmy..was caught ‘dead to rights’, and now languishes in the city Bastile. 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 301/1 I've got him dead to rights. 1947 ‘A. A. Fair’ Fools die on Friday 189 We've got her this time dead-to-rights. < as lemmas |
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