I was driving way above the speed limit and the police radar caught me dead to rights.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
have dead to rights — have (someone) dead to rights found in the act of doing something wrong. The police had him dead to rights selling drugs … New idioms dictionary
Dead to Rights: Retribution — Developer(s) Volatile Games Publisher(s) Namco Bandai Games … Wikipedia
have someone dead to rights — have (someone) dead to rights found in the act of doing something wrong. The police had him dead to rights selling drugs … New idioms dictionary
Dead to Rights — For the Game Boy Advance game, see Dead to Rights (Game Boy Advance). Dead to Rights Developer(s) Namco Publisher(s) … Wikipedia
have someone dead to rights — tv. to have caught someone red handed; to have irrefutable evidence about someone’s misdeed. (Have got can replace have. See also (bang) dead to rights.) □ We’ve got you dead to rights on this one. □ The cops had him dead to rights … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
have someone dead to rights — catch/have (someone) dead to rights British, American & Australian, British to have enough proof to show that someone has done something wrong. I was driving way above the speed limit and the police radar caught me dead to rights … New idioms dictionary
Dead to rights (catch phrase) — 1. It is a British, American and Australian catch phrase meaning to have enough proof to show that someone has done something wrong. 2. To be caught red handed, in the very act of committing a crime or error. It implies that there is no possible… … Wikipedia
catch dead to rights — catch/have (someone) dead to rights British, American & Australian, British to have enough proof to show that someone has done something wrong. I was driving way above the speed limit and the police radar caught me dead to rights … New idioms dictionary
catch someone dead to rights — catch/have (someone) dead to rights British, American & Australian, British to have enough proof to show that someone has done something wrong. I was driving way above the speed limit and the police radar caught me dead to rights … New idioms dictionary
dead — [ded] adj. [ME ded < OE dēad, akin to ON dauthr, OHG tōt, Goth dauths: orig. pp. of an old v. base appearing in ON deyja, OS dojan, OHG touwen, all < IE base * dheu , DIE1] 1. no longer living; having died 2. naturally without life;… … English World dictionary
