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What does 'Caught red-handed' mean?
To be caught in the act of doing something wrong.
What is the origion of 'Caught red-handed'?
This phrase is believed to have emerged in 15th-century Scotland, where it originally referred to being caught with the blood of murder or poaching still on one's hands, thus providing incontrovertible evidence of the act.
Emoji meanings
- represents 'caught'
indicating being observed or discovered
represents 'red'metaphorically referring to being caught in the act of wrongdoing
traditionally associated with blood on one's hands from a crime
represents 'hands'symbolizing the act of holding or possessing
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