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Meaning of 措手不及

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cuò shǒu
no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
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Antonyms: 应付裕如
Example Sentences
1
Our enemies were caught unprepared and we disposed of them without firing a single shot.
2
'I felt completely unprepared, ' says Ms. Lang, who has since written her own book about talking to kids about sexuality, love and relationships.
3
They are entirely unprepared to cope with the demands and costs of chronic, sometimes life-long care.
4
They can't imagine -they don't have the power of imagination to think what the next crisis will be like, so it catches them by surprise.
5
Despite its efforts to accommodate North Korea' s idiosyncratic political system, China was apparently caught off guard by the recent developments.