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MartinHorut Posted 18 years ago
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caught in the middle

0 Hello, please, what's the meaning of the phrase in the subject? 0-
  

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0I have no idea but it sounds like you were doing something and you were caught when you were (still) doing it.0-
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0Yes, you can be "caught in the middle of doing something", i.e. "interrupted while doing something that you shouldn't have been doing" (e.g. reading someone's diary).02br
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00To be "caught in the middle" can also mean "to be in an awkward position between two opposing parties" (e.g. divorced parents).02br
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00Here is a sample.02br
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00A: My mother and my wife had a huge fight last night. 02br
00B: So you got caught in the middle? 02br
00A: Yup! It was horrible... 0240hrefhttp://www.eigonomori.com
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00Is it a synonym of caught red handed? (If I don't remember wrong) Is there a hypen?0-
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0 Hmm, I don't think so. 02br
00To be caught red-handed (as far as I know, it needs the hyphen) means to be discovered while doing something wrong, illegal, unacceptable etc. 0-
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00- catch someone in the act of something02br
00- catch someone in the act of doing something02br
00- catch someone red-handed doing something02br
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00I have just caught an employee red-handed stealing from the s
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0Thank you TE! Well Tanit, you were right, caught red-handed is for bad things as I call them. 0-
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