Significado: backhanded

adj. (un golpe dado) con el revés de la mano; de doble intención, insincero; golpe con la raqueta de derecha a izquierda en el tenis

catch somebody red handed Idioma

catch (someone) red-handed

catch someone in the middle of doing something wrong The woman was caught red-handed at the store trying to steal some cosmetics.

caught red-handed

caught with evidence, caught in the act The smuggler was caught redhanded with a kilo of cocain.

high handed

superior, above other people We don't like managers who are high handed - high and mighty.

left-handed compliment

an ambiguous compliment interpreted as offensive He gave her a left-handed compliment when he said that her dyed hair looked nice.

underhanded

not legal, not according to rules, not above board Some people say the government was underhanded in dealing with the Indians.

cack-handed

clumsy, without manual dexterity

pay sb a back-handed compliment

Idiom(s): pay someone a back-handed compliment AND pay someone a left-handed compliment

Theme: COMPLIMENT

to give someone a false compliment that is really an insult.
• John said that he had never seen me looking better. I think he was paying me a left-handed compliment.
• I'd prefer that someone insulted me directly. I hate it when someone pays me a back-handed compliment—unless it's a joke.

go away empty-handed

Idiom(s): go away empty-handed

Theme: DEPART

to depart with nothing.
• I hate for you to go away empty-handed, but I cannot afford to contribute any money.
• They came hoping for some food, but they had to go away empty-handed.

come away empty-handed

Idiom(s): come away empty-handed

Theme: LACKING

to return without anything.
• All right, go gambling. Don't come away empty-handed, though.
• Go to the bank and ask for the loan again. This time don't come away empty-handed.

catch sb red-handed

Idiom(s): catch sb red-handed

Theme: CATCHING

to catch a person in the act of doing something wrong.
• Tom was stealing the car when the police drove by and caught him red-handed.
• Mary tried to cash a forged check at the bank, and the teller caught her red-handed.

catch (one) red-handed

To see, and conceivably apprehend, addition as they are accomplishing article (often article nefarious). The byword ability accept originally referred to claret on a murderer's hands. The badge bent the robbers amiss as they ransacked addition house. Timmy approved to get into the cookie jar again, but I bent him red-handed.Learn more: catch

catch somebody red-ˈhanded

acquisition somebody while they are accomplishing article wrong, committing a crime, etc: The bandit was bent amiss as she was elimination the till.This originally referred to communicable a being with claret still on their easily afterwards killing somebody.Learn more: catch, somebody

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