caught with one's dick in one's hand
- idiom
- Offensive
:
pillado con los pantalones bajados
- He was caught with his dick in his hand when his boss walked in unexpectedly!
Examples
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After missing the key question, he realized he was caught with his dick in his hand during the interview.
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Don't get caught with your dick in your hand at the party!
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During the sudden inspection, the workers were caught with their dick in their hand and couldn't explain the mistakes.
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She felt like she had been caught with her dick in her hand when the manager asked for the report early.
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He felt completely caught with his dick in his hand when he was asked a question he hadn't prepared for.
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During the meeting, she was caught with her dick in her hand because she didn't have the necessary documents.
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When the surprise quiz began, many students were caught with their dick in their hand and couldn't answer the questions.
Synonyms
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9.5
Found unprepared and embarrassed when something unexpected happens
To be unprepared and embarrassed in front of other people
Antonyms
How Embarrassed
- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
catch + with + one + dick + in + one + hand
The phrase is largely compositionally interpretable: a learner who knows 'caught', 'with', 'one's', 'dick', 'in', 'hand' can infer the literal image of being discovered masturbating and therefore the sense of being embarrassed or caught unprepared. However, its coarse/vulgar register and its pragmatic extension to more general 'caught in an awkward or unprepared situation' are partly conventionalized and culturally specific, so full pragmatic meaning and appropriateness require exposure.
Etymology
Caught with one's dick in one's hand comes from the very embarrassing image of someone literally found with their dick in their hand. That's why it now means 'to be caught unprepared or embarrassed'.