词组 | in flagrante |
释义 | Idiom in flagrantein flagrante (delicto) humorous if someone is discovered in flagrante delicto, they are discovered doing something wrong, especially having sex with someone who is not their husband or wife.She came home to catch her husband in flagrante delicto with the next-door neighbour. in flagrante (delicto)In the act of committing a crime, misdeed, or immoral act, especially having sex with someone other than one's spouse. I heard that he was fired after being caught in flagrante delicto with the new intern. in flaˈgrante (delicto)(from Latin, literary or humorous) if somebody is found or caught in flagrante, they are discovered doing something that they should not be doing, especially having sex: One of the gentlemen was caught in flagrante with the wife of the club’s President, which of course caused a huge scandal.The meaning of the Latin phrase is ‘in the heat (of the crime)’. |
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