Home • C • Catch (someone) red-handed

Catch (someone) red-handed

To find someone in the middle of doing something wrong.

The clerk caught the boy red-handed when he was stealing the candy.

Related Idioms

The early bird catches the worm

A person who gets up early in the morning has the best chance of success. Good advice to those who... Read more →

You cannot catch old birds with chaff

Experienced people are not to be deceived; they are too shrewd. Chaff is the outer covering of the... Read more →