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Red-handed

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In the very act; with red blood still on his hand.

“I had some trouble to save him from the fury of those who had caught him red-handed.”—The Times (a correspondent).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Red Cap (Mother)
Red Coats
Red Cock
Red Comyn
Red Cross (The)
Red Cross Knight
Red Feathers (The)
Red Flag (A)
Red Hand of Ulster
Red-handed
Red Hat (The)
Red Heads
Red Herring (The)
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Red Indians (of Newfoundland)
Red Kettle (A)
Red-laced Jacket
Red Land (The)
Red-lattice Phrases
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