Catch red-handed
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 10To catch someone in the act of doing something wrong
रंगे हाथों पकड़ना
The shopkeeper caught the thief red-handed with a bag of stolen goods.
The guard caught the boy red-handed as he climbed over the wall.
Daily use: Guard ne chor ko red-handed pakad liya jab woh cycle ka lock tod raha tha.
हिंदी में कहते हैं 'रंगे हाथों पकड़े जाना'। Catch red-handed = चोरी या कोई crime करते समय ही पकड़ा जाना।
In Hindi we say 'रंगे हाथों पकड़ना'. To catch someone red-handed is to catch him at the very moment he is doing something wrong, such as stealing or committing a crime.
यह कई बार पूछा गया है: meaning 'catch at the moment of doing something wrong'। Synonym option: caught in the act।
Asked many times with the meaning 'to catch someone at the moment of doing something wrong'. The synonym option is 'caught in the act'.