Caught Red-Handed——當場捉拿

** apprehended in the act of committing a crime（在犯罪行為中被捕）

~~當場抓獲；當場拿獲；當場被抓；當場抓到；當場被捕；當場就擒；抓個正着；被逮個正着；逮了個正着；被當場逮住；被當場捉住；被當場抓住；作案時被捕；被抓現行

~~ red-handed // caught someone red-handed // caught in the act // caught with pants down // caught with trousers down // caught napping // caught someone doing it // caught in the cookie jar // caught in flagrante delicto （Medieval Latin, literally, while the crime is blazing 熾烈）

!! The hyperbole alludes to a murderer caught so soon that his hands are still smeared with his victim’s blood. It originally referred only to that crime. Later, it was extended to mean apprehending someone in the course of committing a crime, misdeed, offense, or any wrongdoing.

（這誇張說法暗示一個殺人犯很快被捕，以至於他的手上仍然沾滿了受害者的鮮血。它最初僅指該罪行。後來，它的意思被擴展到犯罪、不端行為、冒犯或任何不法行為的過程中逮捕某人。）

>> A middle school student pull out a cheat sheet from his pocket during a test. As a result, he was caught red-handed by the teacher, and recorded with a major misdeed.

（有一中學生在測驗時，從他的口袋裡拿出一張作弊紙，結果他當場被老師發現，被記一個大過。）

>> A foreign-hired was stealing an elderly woman’s purse in a bus, but was caught red-handed by a plainclothes police.

（有一外僱在巴士上偷竊一個老婦的錢包，但被便衣警員當場捉拿。）

學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師

李啟文　　教授