Catch somebody unawares (Take somebody unawares) : ~에 예상치 못하게 닥치다, ~에 불시에 닥치다, ~을 예상치못하게 놀라게 하다, ~을 불시에 덮치다, 예상치 못하게 들이닥치다
1)
this is a phrase that means something happens when you weren't expecting
I wasn't expecting it and it caught me unawares
I didn't realize you were going to be herer at eight o'clock in the morning, so you've caught me unawares. I thought you were coming later
the suspect was taken unawares without a chance of hiding the evidence
if you catch sombody unawares, you are not expecting it
the rainstorm caught me unawares, I didn't have an umbrella and I didn't have a coat so I got totally socked
this is where something happend and you are just not expecting it
many poeple were caught unawares by the announcement of the lockdown and they didn't have food in the house
they werer taken unawares by the announcement
they werer taken by surprise
the sudden noise took me by surprise, it caught me unawares, I wasn't expecting it
if something takes you unawares or chatches you unawares, you are surprised by it, you weren't expecting it to happen
when she gives the students a surprise test, I hope to catch them unawares to catch them flat-footed when they haven't actually studied for it
if you are catching something unawares, then you do something when they are least expecting it
the care haad been working perfectly for several years and therefore the breakdown caught me unawared
the government was taken unawares by the invasion of the enemy
the Minister was taken unawares on publication of the scandal
the reporters caught the star unawares while he was doing something that he shouldn;t have been doing
this is where you are surprised by something
you just weren't expecting it
I was taken unawares by the rapid development of the events
2)
notice, the word unawares here is acting as an adverb
I think 'unaware' is an adjective, and then the 's' is actually an adverbial suffix
to catch somebody unawares, here unawares means unexpectedly, by surprise, not being ready
Formality : 4.5
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