VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Red handed

Meaning:

be discovered in or just after the act of doing something wrong or illegal

Examples:

  • She is caught red handed.
  • It's not red handed if there is nothing in her hand.
  • They accidentally put some up once and got caught red handed by their readers.
  • The thief was caught red handed.
  • Now don't mind! I've caught you red handed!
  • I mean, you... you caught Javier red handed.
  • He was caught red handed.
  • To get caught red handed would be more problematic.
  • Unless I was to help you catch him red handed, sir, in the very act of eloping.
  • We often do not open our account books to auditors, let alone share the audited reports with our donors for fear of being caught red handed!