- catch sb off guard/by surprise
- catch sb off guard/by surprise► to surprise someone and cause difficulty for them: »
A lot of taxpayers will be caught off guard by their new tax liability
Main Entry: ↑catch
Financial and business terms. 2012.
catch sb off guard/by surprise
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catch sb off guard — catch sb off guard/by surprise ► to surprise someone and cause difficulty for them: »A lot of taxpayers will be caught off guard by their new tax liability Main Entry: ↑catch … Financial and business terms
catch someone off guard — catch (someone) off guard to surprise someone. He s used to being interviewed and it seems that no question catches him off guard … New idioms dictionary
catch someone off guard — catch/take (someone) off guard to surprise someone by doing or saying something they were not expecting. One of the larger airlines caught its rivals off guard yesterday by suddenly announcing a cut in fares. When they asked me to babysit, I was… … New idioms dictionary
catch you off guard — surprise you, say what you do not expect Did my comment about dog poop catch you off guard? … English idioms
catch off guard — catch (someone) off guard to surprise someone. He s used to being interviewed and it seems that no question catches him off guard … New idioms dictionary
catch someone off guard — surprise someone, catch someone unprepared … English contemporary dictionary
catch off guard — catch/take (someone) off guard to surprise someone by doing or saying something they were not expecting. One of the larger airlines caught its rivals off guard yesterday by suddenly announcing a cut in fares. When they asked me to babysit, I was… … New idioms dictionary
off-guard — adj [not before noun] catch/take sb off guard to surprise someone by happening when they are not expecting something or prepared for it ▪ The sudden snow storm caught us all off guard … Dictionary of contemporary English
take someone off guard — catch/take (someone) off guard to surprise someone by doing or saying something they were not expecting. One of the larger airlines caught its rivals off guard yesterday by suddenly announcing a cut in fares. When they asked me to babysit, I was… … New idioms dictionary
take off guard — catch/take (someone) off guard to surprise someone by doing or saying something they were not expecting. One of the larger airlines caught its rivals off guard yesterday by suddenly announcing a cut in fares. When they asked me to babysit, I was… … New idioms dictionary
