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catch (one) with one's pants down

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Olika
 
Reply Wed 1 Jun, 2011 10:04 pm
Hello!
Can you tell me whether in the phrase "to catch (one) with one's pants down" "with one's pants down" is an absolute construction or not???
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roger
 
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Reply Wed 1 Jun, 2011 10:39 pm
@Olika,
It means someone has been caught completely unprepared. Totally surprised. You can't expect someone with his pants around his ankles to immediately spring into action.

I don't know about 'absolute constructions'.
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