dead to rights

短语

肯定无疑地, 当场

发音

AU

释义与例句

adv.
  1. 1.

    With sufficient evidence to establish responsibility definitively.

    美国 习语

    have someone dead to rights on something

    Because of the video replay, the ref had him dead to rights on the penalty.

词源

US, 1854, originally New York City criminal slang, thence entered general use. dead (“completely, utterly”) + to rights (“properly”).

来源：wiktionary