caught unawares



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caught unawares

To be surprised by someone or something. A: "Oh man, I was totally caught unawares when your mother showed up here this morning." B: "I figured as much when she told me that you answered the door in your robe and curlers!"
See also: caught

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Quintilian-History
FajraFIE-rahEsperanto
Nudd-Welsh Mythology
JoonaYO:-nahFinnish
Esti-Basque
GertrudeGUR-trood (English), khər-TRUY-də (Dutch)English, Dutch