单词 | catch somebody flat-footed |
释义 | catch somebody flat-footed From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcatch somebody flat-footedcatch somebody flat-footedAmerican EnglishCATCH to surprise someone so that they cannot do something in the way they ought to SYN catch somebody off guard The president’s announcement seemed to catch Democrats flat-footed. → flat-footedExamples from the Corpuscatch somebody flat-footed• The recent recession caught managers flat-footed and unprepared. |
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