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dead to rights
Language:
Meanings:
1.
North America
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Australia
informal
colloquial
idiomatic
Caught in the act or proven guilty with incontrovertible or decisive evidence.
In a situation in which one is clearly and unambiguously culpable or will be successfully prosecuted or punished.
Examples:
EN:
- I caught you dead to rights this time.
ES:
- Esta vez te pillé de todas todas.
EN:
That man, knowing that he was caught dead to rights... and with prison staring him in the face, took the only way out.
ES:
Aquel hombre, al saber que iba a pillarle, y con la cárcel como alternativa, tomó la única salida.
EN:
But they got her dead to rights.
ES:
Pero tienen pruebas indiscutibles.
EN:
Honey, they've got me dead to rights.
ES:
Cariño, está todo arreglado.
EN:
Had them dead to rights. They got the Baker stage ...so I figured out what's the rukkas.
ES:
Oí que andaban por aquí, me imaginé Ia historia y pensé que era Ia solución.
EN:
We've got you dead to rights.
ES:
¡Te hemos pillado!
EN:
I've had you dead to rights a couple of time and let you off.
ES:
Te he aplicado la ley dos veces y te he dejado libre.
EN:
Maybe we haven't got a case for the jury on the amount of dough that you took from the bank, but we've got you dead to rights on the killing.
ES:
Puede que no tengamos un caso para el Jurado con lo del dinero. Pero te tenemos pillado con el asesinato.
EN:
Just when the authorities thought they had her dead to rights she disappeared, just vanished.
ES:
Cuando las autoridades creían tenerla atrapada desapareció.
EN:
- Hold it Billy, got you're dead to rights.
ES:
¡Quieto, Billy! Ahora no tienes ninguna salida.
EN:
I got him dead to rights on a burglary charge.
ES:
Puedo acusarlo de robo.
EN:
You know... You think you got a man dead to rights, then he throws you a curve.
ES:
Nadie puede prever lo que alguien puede hacer.
EN:
Knock it off, Top Cat, I got you dead to rights.
ES:
Ya basta, Top Cat, te tengo en pleno derecho.
EN:
We nailed her dead to rights.
ES:
Le aplicamos todo el peso de la ley.
EN:
Caught him dead to rights, senator.
ES:
Lo he pillado in fraganti, senador.
EN:
- I caught you dead to rights this time.
ES:
- Esta vez te pillé de todas todas.
EN:
That man, knowing that he was caught dead to rights... and with prison staring him in the face, took the only way out.
ES:
Aquel hombre, al saber que iba a pillarle, y con la cárcel como alternativa, tomó la única salida.
EN:
But they got her dead to rights.
ES:
Pero tienen pruebas indiscutibles.
EN:
Honey, they've got me dead to rights.
ES:
Cariño, está todo arreglado.
EN:
Had them dead to rights. They got the Baker stage ...so I figured out what's the rukkas.
ES:
Oí que andaban por aquí, me imaginé Ia historia y pensé que era Ia solución.
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