[red-handed] {adj.} In the very act; while committing a crime or evil action. * /The criminal was caught red-handed while holding up the neighborhood bank at gunpoint./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

fit out

[fit out] or [fit up] {v.} To give things needed; furnish. * /The soldiers were fitted out with guns and clothing./ * /The government fitted out warships and got sailors […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

catch red-handed

[catch red-handed] {v. phr.} To apprehend a person during the act of committing an illicit or criminal act. * /Al was caught red-handed at the local store when he was […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

heavy-handed

[heavy-handed] {adj.} 1. Not skillful or graceful; clumsy. * /George is heavy-handed and seldom catches the ball./ * /My sister plays the piano badly; she is too heavy-handed./ * /Tim […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Mathew Arnold

(1822-1888) British poet (Ironically enough, some biographies describe his poetry as sometimes sounding too much like […]

B/T, BT

[B/T, BT] "Between" or the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol.

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off balance

[off balance] {adj. phr.} 1. Not in balance; not able to stand up straight and not fall; not able to keep from turning over or […]

uh-huh

[uh-huh] or [um-hum] {adv.}, {informal} Yes. - Used only in speech or when recording dialogue. * /Are you going to the Fair? […]

fight fire with fire

[fight fire with fire] {v. phr.}, {slightly formal}, {of Biblical origin} To fight back in the same way one was attacked; make […]

knock out

[knock out] {v. phr.} To make helpless, unworkable, or unusable. * /The champion knocked out the challenger in the third […]

Ovid

(43 B.C.--18 A.D.), Roman poet It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.