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单词 dead to rights
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dead to rights


In the act of committing an error or crime, red-handed. For example, They caught the burglars dead to rights with the Oriental rugs. This phrase uses to rights in the sense of “at once.” [Slang; mid-1800s]

Words nearby dead to rights

dead-stick landing, dead stock, dead storage, dead time, dead tired, dead to rights, dead to the world, dead-tree, dead water, dead weight, deadweight tonnage
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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