Question

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Caught red-handed

1. To try to arrest someone without any evidence
2. To catch a thief who steals red paints
3. To catch someone doing something illegal
4. To discover a murderer using the clues

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : To catch someone doing something illegal

The correct answer is To catch someone doing something illegal

• Caught red-handed means to catch someone doing something illegal.
  Examples: The boys were trying to steal a car and the police caught them red-handed.
                      He tried to cheat on the exam, but his teacher walked in and caught him in the act.

• Synonyms: guilty, impeachable, liable, indictable
• Antonyms: Immune, Innocent, blameless