dead to rights

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. With sufficient evidence to establish responsibility definitively. US,idiomatic,not-comparable
    — have someone dead to rights on something

词源

US, 1854, originally New York City criminal slang, thence entered general use. dead (“completely, utterly”) + to rights (“properly”).
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